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Joyce’s relocation decision sparked agency’s downward slide: review

Joyce’s relocation decision sparked agency’s downward slide: review

An independent review of the agricultural chemical regulator has issued damning findings about the forced relocation of the agency from Canberra to Barnaby Joyce’s electorate in northern NSW.

  • by Mike Foley

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How political egos led us to the shame of robo-debt
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Robo-debt royal commission

How political egos led us to the shame of robo-debt

There was a time when senior public servants were called permanent secretaries. Then a series of political leaders sought to bend them to their will.

  • by Tony Wright
State v state: Minns government mulls pay parity with Queensland for public sector
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State v state: Minns government mulls pay parity with Queensland for public sector

In a bid to halt a worker exodus, Labor has asked a new IR taskforce to consider whether public sector pay deals should be linked to what workers get across the border.

  • by Michael McGowan
Honeymoon over for Minns as health workers threaten to strike over pay

Honeymoon over for Minns as health workers threaten to strike over pay

A day after Treasurer Daniel Mookhey was heckled over wages at a HSU conference, delegates from the union have voted to endorse “escalating industrial action” across the state from Monday unless they receive a better pay offer.

  • by Michael McGowan
No PwC staff with links to leak can work with government, AFP investigating

No PwC staff with links to leak can work with government, AFP investigating

The head of the Finance Department said the consulting firm undermined confidence by failing to disclose the extent of the leak.

  • by Rachel Clun and Matthew Knott
Pallas takes knife to thousands of government jobs in name of budget repair

Pallas takes knife to thousands of government jobs in name of budget repair

Up to 4000 public sector jobs will be axed over the next year as the state government seeks to top up the state’s finances.

  • by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Why the PwC scandal is tip of the iceberg

Why the PwC scandal is tip of the iceberg

The former government’s relentless slashing of Australia’s public service was sold as a boon for taxpayers. Instead, it created a multibillion-dollar bonanza for firms such as PwC.

  • by Colin Kruger and Rachel Clun
Union leader slams new Labor government over pace of pay negotiations

Union leader slams new Labor government over pace of pay negotiations

The HSU, one of the state’s largest unions, has blasted the government for a “concerning and confusing” lack of clarity over the removal of the controversial public sector wages cap.

  • by Michael McGowan
Public servants wined, dined and given gifts totalling $34,000

Public servants wined, dined and given gifts totalling $34,000

Analysis of disclosure logs by public servants shows bureaucrats regularly accept tickets to sporting events, lunches and dinners paid for by external organisations, as integrity experts and IBAC push for the rules to be strengthened.

  • by Broede Carmody
‘Everything we now believe’: Mandarin cites emperor after demotion by Premier Minns

‘Everything we now believe’: Mandarin cites emperor after demotion by Premier Minns

On a day of upheaval in the NSW public service, Michael Coutts-Trotter told staff he was ‘anticipating the possibility of a return’ to the top job.

  • by Lucy Cormack and Michael McGowan
Sacked department tsars receive $400,000 parachute as Minns swings axe

Sacked department tsars receive $400,000 parachute as Minns swings axe

Paul Grimes, Georgina Harrisson and Rob Sharp will receive tidy redundancies while top bureaucrat Michael Coutts-Trotter has also been demoted.

  • by Michael McGowan