DHS has more faith in tech than its staff, says senior executive.

Only the "exceptionally talented" need apply.

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Public servants enjoy generous conditions and entitlements that leave plenty of room for trade-offs in wage negotiations.

Across Australia, salaries rose 2 per cent in the year to September, the lowest growth rate in 18 years.

Australia's most senior public servant, Martin Parkinson, has taken a veiled swipe at the short-sightedness of Donald Trump's pledge to tear up the Trans-Pacific Partnership and scale back the United States' economic leadership in Asia.

The Public Service Commission revisits its past advice in the wake of ongoing confusion over Facebook and Twitter comments.

Branding, it seems, is important - even when it comes to "on-water matters".

Public servant, community leader, Canberra legend

'There is a strong feeling of disrespect.'

Staffers seething at wage offer.

Another public service workplace deal smashed.

'Undertakings' given to industrial umpire after PS workplace deals fail basic fairness test.

Judges messed-up by applying common sense, High Court finds.

Rank-and-file public servants vent their fury after three years of industrial strife.

A "visionary" outlook, willingness to collaborate and being "influential" are three of the key attributes the public service is set to look for in its future leaders, one of the APS' senior executives told a conference in Canberra Thursday.

The ATO's superannuation system, a Sydney hospital and the Tasmanian government were honoured this year.

More expensive, less accountable, shared services dream doesn't come true.

"Decreased entitlements for employees with a proportionately negative impact on female employees."

Top senior executive pay goes to $326,400 as three-year dispute rumbles on.

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Government now battling to remain in control of public service workplace wars.

Immigration Department dispute will go to arbitration after crushing no-vote.

Complaints about decisions by the national health practitioner regulator and the boards that regulate Australia's medical professionals more than doubled in the year to August.

'I spend every day worrying about the ATO's next reprisal.'

Voluntary redundancy program to begin immediately.

Tensions emerge between Tax Office and Human Services after hackers take down myGov

Public service wage policy is a throwback to the 1980s, says a former APS commissioner.

Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd's power grab a 'challenge to ABC's independence'.

Rookie email error shares hundred of email addresses – twice.

A $6000-a-year pay rise for public service elite is a "sick joke", a union says.

Public service departments "too nervous" to innovate, say start-ups.