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The Queensland government plans to allow up to 1500 public servants to work closer to home while also pausing increases to the size of the bureaucracy under new post-pandemic measures.

The Victorian government’s decision to put the brakes on pay rises and agency budgets is “inexplicable” after the state’s impressive economic performance in recent years, according to a progressive think-tank commissioned by the union to make the case against austerity. ]

Australian Public Service leaders have to work within a strict cap on average staffing levels, even when it seems absurd, but why are independent statutory agencies also applying the limit?

If the Turnbull government is turfed out of office at the next election, its arbitrary cap on Australian Public Service staffing levels will go with

Politicians want AusTender to be more than it is. Finance officials warn expanding it into a full expenditure reporting system would be better served though annual reporting.

Once an exclusive superannuation scheme just for current Commonwealth employees, now it’s easier not to lose out while spending time in the private sector. The budget also aims to apply tax changes fairly to all kinds of schemes.