Women, rise up like a huge terrifying army: parental leave campaigner

 Target dodgy childcare and private colleges first.

25 October, 2016

Labor targets public service job cuts, Efficiency Dividend

Consultant crackdown to fund Medicare repair bill.

27 June, 2016

Pickard wins Australian Local Government Association presidency

First WA chief for 30 years expected to take fight up to Canberra.

13 November, 2014

Reforms primed to accelerate under new APS chief Thawley

Echoes of Max-the-Axe as Howard’s former adviser returns

3 November, 2014

Ian Watt makes graceful departure as Public Service chief

Abbott pays tribute to 30-year contribution.

3 November, 2014

PM&C primed for tough pay negotiations

Early August kick-off for formal bargaining

1 August, 2014

High Court school chaplains decision set to choke council money from Canberra

It may not have come as a surprise, but the Williams case MkII decision is exactly the legal nightmare local governments have unsuccessfully been fighting to avoid for years.

19 June, 2014

Stopping the Boats stymies Sydney’s visitor arrivals

Parking spaces for vessels the size of office blocks are getting harder to find in the Harbour City, thanks to a low hanging Harbour Bridge and a strong Navy presence.

5 March, 2014

National Commission of Audit to probe far and wide

By Julian Bajkowski Initial details of the highly anticipated National Commission of Audit promised by the Abbott government have been released in Canberra by Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Senator Matthias Cormann. The sweeping review of government functions, activities and spending will be chaired by Business Council of Australia president Tony Shephard. It will, […]

22 October, 2013

Salary sacrifice confidence returns to government employees

By Julian Bajkowski Australia’s leading provider of public sector salary packaging services, Smartgroup Investments, believes that business and employee confidence has bounced back following the Federal Election, with government car lessees now shopping around again. At a briefing in Sydney on Monday, Smartgroup chief executive, Deven Billimoria, said inquiry levels for novated vehicle leases from […]

22 October, 2013

Few takers for post-election pole clean-up

By Julian Bajkowski The federal poll may be done and dusted, but councils and power utilities across Australia now have a new challenge to deal with: how to pull down and dispose of the literally thousands of election posters fixed to power poles and lamp posts across the nation. It’s an issue that occurs at […]

10 September, 2013

Australian Public Service braces for Commission of Audit

By Julian Bajkowski Federal public servants are steeling themselves for a wide-ranging Commission of Audit by an incoming Tony Abbott Coalition government as the Prime Minister Elect prepares to come good on his election promise to cut down on wasteful and inefficient expenditure. Having received the incoming government brief from the public service known as […]

10 September, 2013

Abbott says federal job cuts of 12,000 will be it

By Julian Bajkowski Opposition leader Tony Abbott has sought hose down rising fears that between 20,000 and 30,000 federal public service jobs will ultimately be axed in a repeat of Howard-era mass public service sackings in Canberra, taking to national radio on the ABC to pledge that only 12,000 jobs will go. Mr Abbott told […]

5 September, 2013

New warning that more than 12,000 public service jobs will go

By Julian Bajkowski The union representing Commonwealth public servants has hit out at the release of selected costings by the Liberal Party for the election, warning that Coalition estimates of savings totalling $5.2 billion by culling 12,000 government jobs no longer add up. The Community and Public Sector Union has called on Opposition Leader Tony […]

29 August, 2013