21+ hour, 36+ min ago  (224+ words) Tasmanian public servants have voted up a headline 8. 75% wage offer, following a number of government concessions. The government made a revised offer to the Community and Public Sector Union Tasmania (CPSU) on March 20: a 3% wage increase backdated to December 1, followed…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (175+ words) A wage dispute between Victoria's local government sector and the Australian Services Union, which covers municipal clerks and rank-and-file frontline workers, including garbage collectors, parking inspectors, and librarians, has boiled over into a full-blown rubbish-collection strike across three prominent councils…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (201+ words) Foreign Affairs & Regional Trade How the contemporary debate on immigration plays out during the next few years will have profound effects on the wellbeing of Australians. Not just for the sensibilities of the 31% (!) of Australian residents who were born overseas…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (232+ words) Yet another private member's bill designed to introduce greater accountability of consulting firms has been killed off by a committee report. The finance and public administration committee declined to give the big tick to Senator Barbara Pocock's proposal to ban…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (276+ words) Treasury / Tax / Accounting The Tax Practitioners Board is urging accountants and other members of the public to report a recently deregistered tax agent if he continues offering services. TPB chair Peter de Cure wants people to report Parampreet Singh Rajput…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (235+ words) Central agencies are pointing fingers at the door as part of a pre-budget staff cleanout. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is the latest to offer staff redundancies as part of budget reprioritisation. A spokesperson…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (141+ words) Leaders across both the public and private sectors are facing significant pressure to adopt artificial intelligence across their organisations. Victor Dominello is CEO of the Future Government Institute, chair of the Services Australia Advisory Board, and former NSW minister for…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (13+ words) Public service push for increase in private-car-use fuel rebate allowance'The Mandarin...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (206+ words) The government will not act on the recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry into AI use in the education system. Tabled last week, the government's'response'to the House of Representatives standing committee on Employment, Education and Training's report accepts one of 35 recommendations....

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (190+ words) Intelligence Agencies / Police / Crime Defence & Veterans" Affairs Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith could face life in prison for alleged war crimes involving the murder of unarmed Afghan civilians. Australia"s most decorated living soldier was arrested at Sydney Domestic Airport…...