Government appoints information watchdog Timothy Pilgrim but no one to fill top privacy, FOI jobs
Federal law appears to suggest the information, privacy and FOI watchdogs shouldn't be the same person.
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Markus Mannheim
Markus Mannheim edits The Public Sector Informant and writes regularly about government administration and policy.
Bureaucracy breaking law with jobs ads
The Public Service Commission is investigating a list of more than 50 job ads compiled by Fairfax Media that illegally discriminate against job seekers.
Top bureaucrat rejects 'deeply offensive' gender critique
Australia's top public servant responds to Fairfax columnist Jenna Price.
Consultants boom, bureaucrats bust
'Fascinated with consultants': federal government spends big on big four.
'Bonuses needed' to motivate bureaucrats
Fewer than one in 14 senior executives received performance bonuses last year.
Ageing public servants 'want flexible jobs'
APS urged to remove barriers and biases that prevent older people from winning jobs.
Canberrans' wage growth lags national rate
ACT workers in public and private sector earning about 2% more than a year earlier.
Public service chief blames union for pay stalemate
APS head say many SES officers have lost non-salary benefits.
Delays loom at airports as border staff strike
Immigration and Border Force officers will be joined by quarantine and biosecurity staff.
APS pay still frozen ... except for execs
Bureaucrats are also being promoted far more slowly than they were a decade ago.
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