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Welcome to today's episode of 'Why the APS really needs to phase out consultants and contractors'...
Read more in the Canberra Times: www.canberratimes.com.au/story/894417...
Read more in the Canberra Times: www.canberratimes.com.au/story/894417...
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Welcome to today's episode of 'Why the APS really needs to phase out consultants and contractors'...
Read more in the Canberra Times: www.canberratimes.com.au/story/894417...
Read more in the Canberra Times: www.canberratimes.com.au/story/894417...
First up, Deloitte used AI to write a Government report for that had bogus sources, sparking a refund and new contract rules. Now it seems their correction needs correcting. Once more for those up the back: outsourcing public sector work doesn’t work.
October 16, 2025 at 5:24 AM
First up, Deloitte used AI to write a Government report for that had bogus sources, sparking a refund and new contract rules. Now it seems their correction needs correcting. Once more for those up the back: outsourcing public sector work doesn’t work.
Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
October 14, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A disgraced contractor writing a Govt report about how a dodgy tech and the removal of human oversight led to the Robotdebt disaster used dodgy AI to write the report. Irony is dead. And robust public administration will be too unless there are proper AI guardrails in the APS. Read more: gqr.sh/L9YM
October 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A disgraced contractor writing a Govt report about how a dodgy tech and the removal of human oversight led to the Robotdebt disaster used dodgy AI to write the report. Irony is dead. And robust public administration will be too unless there are proper AI guardrails in the APS. Read more: gqr.sh/L9YM
After losing the election, the Coalition dropped its plan to slash public services. Now it seems they want to attack the people who access them.
September 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
After losing the election, the Coalition dropped its plan to slash public services. Now it seems they want to attack the people who access them.
In an increasingly volatile global economy, we need ideas and innovation more ever. So why are CSIRO cutting 100s of research jobs? #auspol
August 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
In an increasingly volatile global economy, we need ideas and innovation more ever. So why are CSIRO cutting 100s of research jobs? #auspol
Whether it's inventing game-changers like wi-fi or polymer banknotes, or new agricultural techniques, the CSIRO has a proud history taking our nation forward. In an increasingly volatile global economy, we need ideas and innovation more ever. So why are CSIRO cutting 100s of research jobs? #auspol
August 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Whether it's inventing game-changers like wi-fi or polymer banknotes, or new agricultural techniques, the CSIRO has a proud history taking our nation forward. In an increasingly volatile global economy, we need ideas and innovation more ever. So why are CSIRO cutting 100s of research jobs? #auspol
CPSU's Melissa Donnelly: "Cuts to CSIRO are cuts to vital research and national capabilities in areas such as health, biosecurity, climate change, and data sciences including artificial intelligence. We are calling on the government to step in and protect CSIRO jobs." #auspol #CSIRO
August 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Q: Should businesses under investigation for misuse of confidential government information be awarded new government contracts?
A: Yeah, nah.
#auspol
A: Yeah, nah.
#auspol
August 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Q: Should businesses under investigation for misuse of confidential government information be awarded new government contracts?
A: Yeah, nah.
#auspol
A: Yeah, nah.
#auspol
Hundreds more CSIRO jobs on the chopping block as experts raise fears over impact on science www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...?
August 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Hundreds more CSIRO jobs on the chopping block as experts raise fears over impact on science www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...?
Aggressive jobs cuts at the CSIRO are putting Australia’s long-term productivity and innovation capacity at risk, unions warn. www.cpsu.org.au/CPSU/Content...
August 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Aggressive jobs cuts at the CSIRO are putting Australia’s long-term productivity and innovation capacity at risk, unions warn. www.cpsu.org.au/CPSU/Content...
Despite campaigning to slash at least 41,000 jobs and ban all Work From Home arrangements, the Coalition now wants to 'play nice' with public sector workers and hopes we can all just forgive and forget.
#auspol #ausunions
#auspol #ausunions
June 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Despite campaigning to slash at least 41,000 jobs and ban all Work From Home arrangements, the Coalition now wants to 'play nice' with public sector workers and hopes we can all just forgive and forget.
#auspol #ausunions
#auspol #ausunions
Despite campaigning to slash at least 41,000 jobs and ban all Work From Home arrangements, the Coalition now wants to 'play nice' with public sector workers and hopes we can all just forgive and forget.
#auspol #ausunions
#auspol #ausunions
June 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Despite campaigning to slash at least 41,000 jobs and ban all Work From Home arrangements, the Coalition now wants to 'play nice' with public sector workers and hopes we can all just forgive and forget.
#auspol #ausunions
#auspol #ausunions
Election thumping shows APS can't go backwards now:
When he formulated a plan to cut 36,000 jobs from the public service, Peter Dutton thought he'd picked the perfect punching bag. He was dead wrong, writes CPSU National Secretary Melissa Donnelly. #auspol www.cpsu.org.au/CPSU/Content...
When he formulated a plan to cut 36,000 jobs from the public service, Peter Dutton thought he'd picked the perfect punching bag. He was dead wrong, writes CPSU National Secretary Melissa Donnelly. #auspol www.cpsu.org.au/CPSU/Content...
May 27, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Election thumping shows APS can't go backwards now:
When he formulated a plan to cut 36,000 jobs from the public service, Peter Dutton thought he'd picked the perfect punching bag. He was dead wrong, writes CPSU National Secretary Melissa Donnelly. #auspol www.cpsu.org.au/CPSU/Content...
When he formulated a plan to cut 36,000 jobs from the public service, Peter Dutton thought he'd picked the perfect punching bag. He was dead wrong, writes CPSU National Secretary Melissa Donnelly. #auspol www.cpsu.org.au/CPSU/Content...
Work From Home brawl brewing in NT
Unions in the NT have accused the Government of trying to block access to Work From Home for thousands of public sector workers. www.cpsu.org.au/CPSU/Content...
Unions in the NT have accused the Government of trying to block access to Work From Home for thousands of public sector workers. www.cpsu.org.au/CPSU/Content...
May 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Work From Home brawl brewing in NT
Unions in the NT have accused the Government of trying to block access to Work From Home for thousands of public sector workers. www.cpsu.org.au/CPSU/Content...
Unions in the NT have accused the Government of trying to block access to Work From Home for thousands of public sector workers. www.cpsu.org.au/CPSU/Content...
Don't believe the hype, if Dutton gets in, he will cut, cut and cut. Bad news for jobs and bad news for services.
#DontRiskDutton
#auspol
#ausunions
#election2025
#DontRiskDutton
#auspol
#ausunions
#election2025
April 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Don't believe the hype, if Dutton gets in, he will cut, cut and cut. Bad news for jobs and bad news for services.
#DontRiskDutton
#auspol
#ausunions
#election2025
#DontRiskDutton
#auspol
#ausunions
#election2025
Q: What happens when the Coalition cuts public servants?
A: Taxpayers get Big Bills from Big Consulting Firms
A: Taxpayers get Big Bills from Big Consulting Firms
April 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Q: What happens when the Coalition cuts public servants?
A: Taxpayers get Big Bills from Big Consulting Firms
A: Taxpayers get Big Bills from Big Consulting Firms
Coalition election win could cause loss of hundreds of jobs at agency scrutinising aged care mistreatment, modelling says www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol #election2025
April 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Coalition election win could cause loss of hundreds of jobs at agency scrutinising aged care mistreatment, modelling says www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol #election2025
April 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
April 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
April 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
April 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM