Ian Watt makes graceful departure as Public Service chief

Abbott pays tribute to 30-year contribution.

3 November, 2014

Stuck On Hold: how government muzak really works

Tax Office tunes a hit with some callers.

27 October, 2014

Palmer demands PM lift Defence pay by 2.5%

Wage battle intensifies.

23 October, 2014

Human Services lashes claims strike will hit welfare payments

Fear and loathing for pensioners and unemployed.

9 October, 2014

Fresh push for strikes at Human Services

Application for CPSU member ballot put to Fair Work.

9 October, 2014

Online broker bites into parliamentary pay parking

Parkhound smells cash in residents’ driveways, basements.

8 October, 2014

Return of JeHDI makes Defence Australia’s eHealth leader

Costs double but project clears delivery room.

22 September, 2014

CPSU Council claims unanimous vote for APS strikes

Bases loaded for industrial action.

19 September, 2014

Abbott names new chiefs for Health and Attorney General’s departments

But hunt on for new Immigration and Border Protection boss.

3 September, 2014

Doctors demand Medibank Health Solutions audit at Defence after Luxottica data incident

Contract dogged by problems says AMA

29 July, 2014

Defence opens new cyber security school at UNSW Canberra

The federal government has launched a new learning centre in the field of cyber security to act as a think-tank for experts to cook up ways to help organisations fight off potential threats.

16 June, 2014

NCA ‘retracting’ online discounts for Parliamentary Triangle pay parking

Incentives to pay up-front appear to have been put on-hold pending official clarification.

26 March, 2014

Battle looms over Defence health services

[Editor’s Note: Both Medibank Health Service and the Department of Defence dispute and reject the assertions made by the Australian Medical Association in this article, which was originally published in the October-November issue of Government News. Please read the responses from MHS and the Department] By Dr Steve Hambleton* One of the first issues that […]

6 January, 2014

HP warns Microsoft SharePoint proliferation in government out of control

By Julian Bajkowski Computing and services stalwart HP has made a bold pitch for new government business based on the prospect that savings as deep as 75 per cent can be carved from software and infrastructure running costs bloated by duplication and non-standardised deployments of Microsoft’s SharePoint platform. The acquisitive mega-vendor on Wednesday officially launched […]

5 June, 2013