Premium Case studies Former Australia Post tech chief Andrew Walduck checks into Qantas Editors' Picks National data asset custodian Andrew Walduck makes the upgrade list. Please take the lounge entry discretely marked ‘Private’.
Community groups empowered to name and shame price gougers through ACCC February 16, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry Advocacy organisations will become “designated complainants” of price gouging and fast-tracked decisions will be made in just 90 days.
Commonwealth’s most unpopular job up for grabs after 25 years November 12, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal The opportunity to please no one awaits. The APS’s part-time pay on offer is below industry average and comes with an outsourced secretariat.
Premium Insights and analysis Tough year for Remuneration Tribunal as travel perks hit turbulence November 8, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Secretaries' Salaries Series 2023 Senior public servants get a 4% pay rise while the rank-and-file slug it out. Are the days of APS in the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge numbered?
Agency heads to report invitation-only airline lounge membership October 23, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Federal New APSC guidance says senior public servants should declare membership of invitation-only airline lounges.
Secretaries clamp down on APS airline lounge membership October 17, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Culture The latest secretaries board communique also provides an update on the APS Integrity Taskforce final report.
Hundreds of Australians ready to leave Israel for home October 13, 2023 By Kaaren Morrissey and Alex Mitchell Federal Prime minister Anthony Albanese says 1,600 people have registered in Israel or the West Bank, including 19 in Gaza, for repatriation and an ‘extraordinary logistical exercise’ is underway.
Civil Aviation Safety Authority hit by staff walkout over safety concerns October 9, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal Mounting concerns over short-staffing and bloated backlogs have boiled over into snap industrial action at Australia’s aviation regulator.
Qantas forced to reveal public servants with Chairman’s Lounge access October 6, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry Hierarchy and classification of bureaucratic largesse exposed, with Qantas revealing the senior public servants and statutory officers offered the coveted membership.
Premium Columnists Taming the monster: Companies as good citizens September 28, 2023 By Sean Innis Economy & Industry Companies may not need to save the world, but they do need to be good societal citizens. But what they see as being ‘a good citizen’ varies.
Premium Columnists Setting corporations free: The birth of the modern company September 27, 2023 By Sean Innis Economy & Industry One vision of the future of the company emphasises government, and the other, private markets. Their only agreement is the need for change.
Premium Columnists If companies are so important, why don’t we seem to like them? September 26, 2023 By Sean Innis Economy & Industry Qantas’ recent travails suggest that serious discontent with company behavioural norms is not far from the surface.
Public service strikes primed to ground high-flying pollies September 14, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Aircraft inspectors are ready to walk off the job over chronic staff shortages. Welcome to The Murray’s Lounge.
Premium Insights and analysis Stuff the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge: Time for Australia to make a national statement with ComAir and Albo One September 13, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry Australia, shake off envy and shape up to opportunity. What’s better than a ComCar fleet? A ComLounge and ComAir to complete the experience.
Premium Columnists Competition, neoliberalism, crony capitalism? Right looks to rig emerging debate September 12, 2023 By Bernard Keane Economy & Industry Capitalism tends to oligopoly because investors love companies that are protected from competition. The results are inevitable.