Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Domestic violence prevention experts demand a correction to ABS analysis of the Personal Safety Survey that conflates emotional abuse and coercive control.

Consultation begins on a major review of the Australian Standard Classification of Religious Groups and the associated Religious Affiliation Standard.

One in four women and one in six men have experienced partner emotional abuse, says a new ABS report.

Australian employers need to start taking their workers’ mental health seriously, under a new code of practice released this week by Safe Work Australia.

‘COVID showed what your employer really thought of you’, is a statement that captures the undercurrents of employee experience during the pandemic. The early rush to remote working was quickly accompanied by managers questioning employee productivity, the loss of workplace culture (oddly enough through the loss of ‘water cooler’ conversation that the same manager would […]

Staff morale at Home Affairs, NIAA, and Social Services is among some of the lowest across all APS agencies, 2021 census data reveals. 

Private-sector wages rose 2.4% over the past 12 months, with the public sector trailing behind at 1.7%, reflecting tight caps imposed on public service salaries.

The number of Australian public service employees in states and territories is climbing while employment in federal and local government is steadying.

The Australian Public Service workforce is growing bigger but the pandemic has led to the the most temporary jobs being in the mix since at least 2002.

It found $1.4 billion in real terms has been cut from accountability institutions across government since 2010-11, while funding to these bodies as a function of total budget size has fallen from 1.14% to 0.6%.