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Bureaucracy cited as main public sector workplace obstacle, survey finds.
Conducted by the Australian Public Service Commission, the 2026 Employee Census shows that 32 percent of the nearly 150,000 respondents said multiple layers of decision-making within agencies were the biggest barrier to staff performing their best. Other barriers identified in...
Councils have welcomed the federal government’s decision to abandon changes to disaster funding arrangements that would have seen the Commonwealth reduce its contribution to recovery costs by 25 percent – from 75 percent to 50 percent.
President of the Australian Local Government Association Matt Burnett said the decision was a significant win for c...
Justine Greig has been appointed the new Head of the APS HR Profession – a capability-building initiative within the public service designed to strengthen human resources skills, standards, and practices across federal agencies.
Greig has been the Deputy Secretary Defence People since June 2018 where she has beem responsible for people strategy, pol...
The Tasmanian Government has appointed a Commissioner for Children and Young People.
Sonya Pringle-Jones has extensive experience across residential care, child protection, trauma-informed therapeutic support, and operational leadership.
“Ms Pringle-Jones has dedicated her career to championing children’s rights, amplifying young people’s ...
In local government, strong disagreement is part of the furniture – abuse is not, writes Fabian Dattner.
I still remember the first time a councillor described to me, almost in passing, the abuse she’d copped that week over a development application, and how normal she made it sound. It was as though this was simply the price of the job now...