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'Improved' government bargaining position on APS pay: CPSU

Making conditions across the APS more common will be a 'considerable challenge'.

The Canberra Times

Paul Bongiorno: The robodebt royal commission is our most important in a long while

It has taken the robodebt royal commission to do it, but Australians are being given dramatic evidence that the very underpinnings of our system of government have been trashed at great cost to the nation.

The New Daily

'Mind boggling': AIATSIS executive says her staff are paid much less than other public servants

Dr Hughes said she 'laughed at' the initial pay offer for her role at AIATSIS.

The Canberra Times

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‘We have to pay more for food’: Britain’s biggest tomato farmer on the runaway costs of growing

Soaring costs from light and fertiliser to pickers and packaging led APS Group to leave one in 12 of its glasshouses empty last winter

The Guardian - UK

Algeria Announces $1 Billion for African Development

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said Sunday the North African nation will allocate a billion dollars to finance development projects across the continent through the Algerian Agency of International Cooperation for Solidarity and Development. The official APS news agency said his decision was announced in a speech read by Prime Minister…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Ready and committed': APS pay bargaining to begin by March

Talks to bring APS pay and conditions across agencies in line with each other will begin by March.

The Canberra Times

What you missed in Tuesday's Senate estimates

Here are the headlines from Tuesday's Senate estimates.

The Canberra Times

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'Long time coming': APS employee census to ask cultural background of staff

APSC Commissioner Peter Woolcott said a the creation of a new CALD strategy was a priority for the Minister for the Public Service, Katy Gallagher, but there was no timeframe.

The Canberra Times

'Massive failure': Katy Gallagher says public sector reform will take years

The Minister for the Public Service outlines the "huge task" of public sector reform.

The Canberra Times

Public service grads pass on their top tips

'Just jump in,' former grads urge their new colleagues.

The Canberra Times

'A really complicated move': How Labor is cracking down on wasteful APS contracting

Senator Katy Gallagher said the People Panel would cut red tape for the public sector and reduce waste.

The Canberra Times

Dread, exhaustion and rising helplessness: inside the burnout among Australia’s psychologists

The fallout from the pandemic-fuelled mental health epidemic on the people tasked with helping the rest of us is widespread, and growing

The Guardian - AU

Liberals urge government to reverse APS Australia Day rule

Jane Hume accused the government of telling APS employees Australia Day does not matter after they revoked restrictions on public servants working on January 26.

The Canberra Times

APS staff allowed to work on Australia Day after Morrison rule revoked

Former prime minister Scott Morrison issued a directive shortly before the election, removing the ability to allow APS staff to arrange a substitute day for Australia Day and other public holidays.

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Push for public service ethnic diversity strategy

Senator Mehreen Faruqi said having more culturally and linguistically diverse people in the APS will improve the public service's ability to "provide better services to those communities".

The Canberra Times

'Buried': Parliament's secret survey results unearthed after FOI battle

Census results reveal low staff morale and a lack of confidence in leadership.

ABC News

Australian Public Service recruitment 'too Canberra-centric' as leaders consider allowing staff to live elsewhere

The bureaucracy is likely to expand in coming years, but agency heads say the concentration of senior jobs in the ACT undermines recruitment.

The Canberra Times

The first agencies up for the public service's rebooted report cards

Peter Woolcott and Gordon de Brouwer say public servants will soon see tangible changes to their workplaces.

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Federal government lobbied to extend mental health initiative for bulk-billed sessions

Hayley Prenter is one of almost 40 per cent of 16-24 year olds who reported a mental health condition last year, whose treatment plans will be cut short if the federal government stops funding an extra 10 sessions a year.

The Independent UK

Schools need more specialist help for primary-age children with additional needs

Primary-age children are referred to alternative provision when schools cannot manage their physical or verbally violent behaviour

Salon

Pumpkin pie spice versus apple pie spice

Pumpkin spice has taken the world by storm (mostly thanks to the PSL craze), but apple pie spice deserves some love

Asharq Al-Awsat

Algeria Finalizes Preparations for Arab Summit

Algerian officials announced the completion of arrangements for the upcoming 31st Arab Summit, which will be held in Algiers on Nov. 1-2. The country’s official news agency (APS) published a video on the preparations, describing the event “the most important in the history of the Arab summits,” especially, according to…

ABC News

Government announces 3 per cent pay rise for Australian Public Service staff

The Albanese government says the interim wage rise shows it is committed to "be better" than its predecessor when bargaining with its workforce.

The Canberra Times

APS culture good example for Parliament, former Commissioner says

The Public Service Act needs to change, the former Commissioner said.

The Hindu

A.P. High Court to hear plea on Amaravati farmers’ padayatra today

DGP to pass orders on APS’s request by end of Thursday, govt. pleader tells court

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