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David oversaw an APS relocation. He has a warning
Former public servant warns of hidden cost of Nationals' public service 'bush push'
Former public servant warns of hidden cost of Nationals' public service 'bush push'
Minister said 'average' waiting time to talk to Centrelink was 12 minutes. It was actually 27.
Staffing data shows the push to decentralise the public service won't target Canberra.
All of Australia's military personnel stationed overseas and 85 per cent of deployed Australian Federal Police officers have completed training to better protect the human rights of women and girls, a new report shows.
Finding decent short-term workers for the ACT public service could soon become much harder.
Labor MP says the government's price tag of $28 million to move the APVMA from Canberra to Armidale is wrong.
Electric vehicles offer plenty of public benefits but, without coordinated policy and infrastructure, Australia will lag the world.
Managers are advised to be decisive. But, sometimes, the best thing to do is nothing.
Struggling communities need more than the photo opportunity of an office opening.
This arbitrary, irrational, unproductive, decentralisation 'policy' should end now before its costly failure.
To build effective arguments, we need logos and ethos to underpin political discourse.
Comcare has warned unsuccessful claimants not to get their hopes up over a significant court decision this week.
Recent legal cases explore an employer's duties to the accused during a workplace investigation.
Public servants' advice column: we put your workplace woes to an executive coach.
Tax Office bosses plead innnocence as official 'nudge unit' unmasked as authors of 'independent' grass-roots campaign
Agencies are dangerously lacking in specialised staff, leaving them unable to manage complex contracts effectively.
National auditor supports strategy behind largest Defence project contract in Australia's history.
If executives can learn how to navigate the Bolshevik revolution, modern management will be a cinch.
Six-year legal fight over public service bullying case gives compensation hope to thousands
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has dismissed the expertise of the respected Productivity Commission.
Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan will get another seven years at the head of the Australian Taxation Office, with the agency looking to hit more multinationals with tax bills amounting to $4 billion.
The federal government has extended Chris Jordan's term as Commissioner of Taxation.
Debt collection agency denied visiting the home of a man who killed himself while receiving demands to repay money.
Bullying and harassment the main culprit as cost of average public service psych claims reaches $345,000.
Next month's budget must restore, and adequately fund, the Information Commissioner's office
Independent MP says Turnbull government is disrespecting public servants.
With two weeks until the federal budget, things don't look great for the public service.
Federal agencies are embracing digital records management and helping to achieve significant savings, according to the National Archives of Australia.
Australians soon to have nowhere to hide from their student debts, top tax man warns.
The Immigration Department is struggling to cope with a massive influx of inquiries about the government's changes to the citizenship test, with callers turned away or placed in lengthy queues.
An unrestrained deep state under a pliant US president is the stuff of nightmare.
Our leaders and institutions are taking us on a bumpy path, heading nowhere useful.
Until we know more about senior bureaucrats' conflicts of interest, we are inviting corruption.
We don't really know to how to use big data and protect personal information at the same time.
The bureaucracy's IR policy is among the most serious problems in public administration today.
South Australia's finest appear to suffer the most from this affliction.
Journalist Phillip Thomson asks whether our work stations are sending us to an early grave.
Can clothes get you promoted?
Forget the yoga mats. Reporter Phillip Thomson finds out how to do yoga at a desk.
Will the office of tomorrow be one of treadmill desks, or are we doomed to a future of cubicle farms? Phillip Thomson investigates.
Flamboyant and fabulously well-paid, but is he the right man?
Even the ability to redirect funds has little effect in battles over 'bias'.
Thousands more govt jobs are likely to be lost in coming years.
Which parts of the bureaucracy are likely to start hiring?
This 'good news' federal budget contains a sting for Canberra.
The Treasury has weakened the entire public service's integrity.
An industrial tribunal will care little for the broadcaster's political woes.
We can't afford to miscalculate the costs of runaway climate change.