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Pay
The secret entitlement NSW MPs can spend any way they choose
Depending on where their electorate is, politicians are entitled to an allowance ranging from $70,000 a year to $200,000. No one monitors how it is spent.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Nurses took to the streets after ‘insulting’ pay offer. Next stop, court
About 700 surgeries were postponed on Wednesday as nurses and midwives hit the streets for the third time in as many months.
- by Angus Thomson, Max Maddison and Matt O'Sullivan
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Police
NSW Police have been offered a massive pay rise. Some will take home nearly 40 per cent more
Officers have been urged to accept the “generational” wage deal, which promises between 22.3 and 39.4 per cent over four years.
- by Max Maddison
Passport office blew $135,000 on cancelled Port Douglas conference
Officials from Australia’s passport office are under investigation after a damning report said it had mishandled hundreds of millions, including huge blowouts on a contract proposed over a coffee.
- by Shane Wright and Olivia Ireland
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Employment
‘Shortsighted’: NSW government blasted as hundreds of jobs cut
The agency set up by the former Coalition government in 2013 as a one-stop shop for government services has some 360 jobs earmarked for cuts.
- by Michael McGowan
Robo-debt target says Morrison government sacked her after raising alarm
Renee Leon’s intervention means both she and her predecessor as head of the Human Services Department have rejected the public service watchdog’s findings.
- by Paul Sakkal
‘Furious tirade’: Shorten slams robo-debt public servant’s claims she was a ‘scapegoat’
Former top public servant Kathryn Campbell says she was set up to take the blame for the robo-debt crisis.
- by Olivia Ireland
Final robo-debt probe to keep names unnamed – again
The Australian Public Service Commissioner has apologised for the robo-debt disgrace – but 10 of 12 public servants responsible remain unnamed.
- by Paul Sakkal
Qantas’ lions share of taxpayer-funded flights under the microscope
The government’s aviation white paper will review why more than 80 per cent of government bookings are made with one airline.
- by Amelia McGuire
Public sector right-to-disconnect advice goes further than the legislation, employers warn
A guidance document from the Australian Public Service Commission calls for government agencies to be model employers when the workplace change comes in.
- by Olivia Ireland
Government workers going back to the office is a ‘game changer’
Office landlords and local businesses say more people working together in an office gives an area a good “vibe”.
- by Carolyn Cummins
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