Public service
‘A knife through Service NSW’: Senior executives set to be sacked
The union says it believes 125 jobs are set to be cut in the first of “waves” of redundancy under the changes, which the government says will include executives.
- by Christopher Harris
Latest
Top public servant gets 20 per cent pay rise to $710,000
Director of Public Prosecutions Raelene Sharp, KC, received a pay rise after Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wrote to the independent Remuneration Tribunal to assist in its review of the pay packet.
- by Olivia Ireland
Opinion
NACC
Robo-debt wasn’t fair or legal. Because of a loophole we’ll never know if it was also corrupt
Australians have been left with the troubling conclusion that the national anti-corruption body doesn’t believe in the importance of its role in a case like this.
- by Waleed Aly
Anti-corruption body decided against robo-debt probe. Now it is being investigated
Last week, the anti-corruption commission said it would not launch an inquiry into robo-debt. That decision is now the subject of an investigation by the NACC’s inspector.
- by Paul Sakkal
Qld public servants get 10 days’ leave for reproductive health
Entitlements provide days off for fertility treatments, chronic reproductive health conditions such as endometriosis and preventative screening for cancers.
- by Fraser Barton
Minns orders review after $700,000 spent on police spin doctor payouts
The long list of senior media officers hired and fired under NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has led the NSW premier to order a review into severance packages for senior bureaucrats.
- by Michael McGowan
Period leave, pay rises and flexible work trials for Victoria’s public service
Government workers will get a 3 per cent pay rise, an average bonus of $1400 and women’s health leave under a new agreement, according to their union.
- by Kieran Rooney
How a change in the description of a coastal town will cost a state $200 million
A change in the definition of Coffs Harbour will cost NSW millions and other states win or lose on similar technicalities. These are the mysteries of the GST allocation system.
- by Shane Wright
Mental Health Commission blasted over workplace culture
SafeWork NSW found the commission breached health and safety legislation over its management of bullying and other workplace culture issues.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
New pools and free entry: Greens propose swimming spots for all Brisbane residents
But the LNP said the Greens’ mayoral candidate had “more chance of dog paddling to the moon and back than paying for all his policies”.
- by Courtney Kruk
Exclusive
Services Australia
The government agency with a backlog of more than one million claims
Services Australia is grappling with 1.1 million unprocessed health and welfare claims. Its new boss David Hazlehurst wants to halve that by the middle of this year.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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