New APS pay offer coming in two weeks: APSC pleads for time Careers Significant escalation of industrial action looms as APS bargaining deadlines are missed, with negotiations running behind schedule.
APS casuals face bust-up over loading rise to 25% August 10, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Career Matters Federal public sector union tells Albo to pony up; temps are fed-up with being dudded and prepare to take a stand over paltry penalties.
Hello Possum Gorman! Albo’s bullet catcher tours Centrelink central August 8, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Tuggeranong rolls out the red carpet amid industrial dispute, with public service assistant minister Patrick Gorman fronting the shop floor.
No counter-offer to CPSU rejection of 10.5% pay increase in APSC bargaining update August 7, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social New junior public service minister Patrick Gorman meets with Services Australia’s top brass as wage negotiations hit deadlock.
‘Unlimited number’ of full-day strikes to hit Services Australia in pay row August 1, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Union strike activity is set to escalate dramatically, documents lodged reveal.
Australia’s worst paid public servants get a 5.75% pay bump to $25.64 per hour June 14, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal Paid as little as $24.25 per hour, the wage for the lowest APS rung will soon increase to $25.64, on the Annual Wage Review.
Premium Insights and analysis ‘A lot of work to do’: Mission to build gender-responsive budgeting muscle in the APS June 7, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Katy Gallagher has outlined how the government’s approach to gender-responsive budgeting is in full swing.
Half the people depicted on Australian banknotes are women but it’s a superficial measure of equality May 31, 2023 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry A review of all the world’s banknotes sees Australia as one of the most balanced in terms of who is represented on the local currency.
‘Wide support’ for APS casuals becoming ongoing staff May 31, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry There was broad support during APS-wide bargaining for casuals to become permanent staff.
Zombie apocalypse unleashed by APSC May 17, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry The Australian Public Service Commission says all zombie agreements made prior to 1 January 2010 will automatically sunset on December 7.
Labour-hire regulation will hurt businesses and could bite government May 11, 2023 By Peter Strong Community & Social The federal government should identify the real issues with labour-hire arrangements and fix those — not create new problems.
Cost-of-living pressures prompt government to offer ACT public servants a cash bonus March 8, 2023 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory The ACT government has made a revised offer in its negotiations with parties who are bargaining for the public service enterprise agreement.
Proposed departmental offices are big on flexibility, committee told February 3, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry Flexibility was a key theme of a public hearing for a proposed fit-out for new departmental offices on Canberra’s London Circuit.
Premium Columnists AAT gets the Albo elbow December 19, 2022 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks Established in 1976, the AAT evolved to consider migration, industrial relations, the NDIS. And it became stacked with LNP cronies.
How top bureaucrats’ pay is determined November 22, 2022 By Melissa Coade APS Secretary Salaries 2022 Coming up with the figure for a secretary’s salary might seem a process of mystical divination, but the Remuneration Tribunal manages it.