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Recruitment for Services Australia CEO underway, senate estimates hears

Community & Social

Social Services secretary says a former Economic Justice Australia CEO is part of the recruitment panel in response to robodebt.

Stephanie Foster swoops into new Home Affairs role

By Melissa Coade

Federal

Stephanie Foster has packed up her desk at PM&C to commence a new job with Mike Pezzullo’s Home Affairs leadership team.

FTA negotiations top priority for Ayers in Cambodia

By Melissa Coade

Federal

The assistant minister for trade will this week attend the 45th meeting for ASEAN economic ministers, hosted in Siem Reap.

Government gets serious about getting more women working in STEM

By Melissa Coade

Communications & Technology

Industry and science minister Ed Husic is behind a national push to encourage more people to consider a career in STEM.

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Election 2022: Thodey recommendations blowing in the wind, and there they might remain

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

The Thodey Review’s 40 recommendations are all blowing in the wind, and there they might remain.

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Insights and analysis

Estimates training for public servants nothing new

By Tom Ravlic

Editors' Picks

Frankly, much of the training is the kind of thing a conscientious colleague would be telling a first-timer fronting senate estimates over a coffee anyway.

Senate estimates bring mysterious wink, net-zero deal silence and training video pressure

By Jackson Graham

Federal

As the government faced a grilling at senate estimates on Monday, a mysterious wink from public servant Stephanie Foster stole the show.

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Woe betide a public servant on the wrong side of a sudden pivot

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

If events of the past week in NSW can remind federal public servants of anything, it should be that circumstances can change in the blink of an eye.

Robodebt a symptom of overreliance on temporary workforces, senate committee hears

By Melissa Coade

Community & Social

The Community and Public Sector Union has pointed the finger at Services Australia’s insecure workforce for contributing to the government’s unlawful robodebt scheme.

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Additional estimates committee meetings so surreal, they’re fodder for Utopia

By Verona Burgess

Career Advice

What do you get when you combine the politics of fear with a complex set of crises, and garnish the mix with stupidity, greed and distrust of government? A populace that is far more alarmed than alert and neither relaxed nor comfortable.

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Recruitment for Services Australia CEO underway, senate estimates hears

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Stephanie Foster swoops into new Home Affairs role

FTA negotiations top priority for Ayers in Cambodia

Government gets serious about getting more women working in STEM

Election 2022: Thodey recommendations blowing in the wind, and there they might remain

Estimates training for public servants nothing new

Senate estimates bring mysterious wink, net-zero deal silence and training video pressure

Woe betide a public servant on the wrong side of a sudden pivot

Robodebt a symptom of overreliance on temporary workforces, senate committee hears

Additional estimates committee meetings so surreal, they’re fodder for Utopia