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Funding to the tune of $22.1 million will be directed to the ombud, Legal Services and Constitutional Law; ministers silent on APS sanctions.

Assistant public service minister Patrick Gorman encourages people to stop by the APS Academy to learn more about becoming a public servant.

Many of the APS reform measures speak to training in how not to behave in a way that is out of touch with the community.

The 2019 APS review chair firmly stated his belief that working for the public service should be the most desired career in Australia.

While public sector leaders need to double down on reskilling and improving workforce culture, green shoots are appearing.

Senator Katy Gallagher has shared a sketch of her ambitious reset and rebuild plans for the APS, declaring the days of “mothballing” the 2019 Thodey Review over.

The minister for the public service is expected to announce later today the government’s plans to ease the APS off its reliance on consultancies.

The APS Academy seeks practitioners to participate in a range of review activities regarding its first microcredential: Evaluating Regulatory Systems.

The new federal government led by Anthony Albanese has pledged to revitalise a public service gutted by staffing cuts over the past decade. The public service has been forced to rely on consultants and labour-hire firms partly because of the limit imposed by governments on the number of staff it can have at any one […]

Would you like to know how difficult it is for the APS to fill key digital roles during a global skills shortage? “Every time we advertise for a cybersecurity vacancy on APS Jobs, there are approximately 250 other employers posting the same vacancy on Seek,” says Rina Bruinsma, acting deputy commissioner of the Australian Public […]

Despite the high barriers to market entry, craft brewers are proliferating and growing. The artisanal appeal isn’t just limited to beer, wine and gin. The ‘great resignation’ has prompted many employees and some businesses to think about how to strike the right balance between work and life through more varied and crafted careers. The drivers […]