Public service
Public sector right-to-disconnect advice goes further than the legislation, employers warn
A guidance document from the Australian Public Service Commission calls for government agencies to be model employers when the workplace change comes in.
- by Olivia Ireland
Latest
Government workers going back to the office is a ‘game changer’
Office landlords and local businesses say more people working together in an office gives an area a good “vibe”.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Analysis
Police
Webb has many enemies and they will not stop until they topple her
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has enjoyed a break from controversy, but her detractors are never far away.
- by Alexandra Smith
Police commissioner bans purchase of alcohol for gifts, hospitality
The under-fire Police Commissioner Karen Webb followed in the footsteps of her predecessor in giving alcohol as gifts.
- by Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Working from home
The crazy WFH experiment is over. Water coolers are the biggest winners
The nation’s biggest workforce has been ordered back to the office, but I’m not sure I agree with Chris Minns’ mandate.
- by Alexandra Smith
NSW police commissioner failed to declare link to gin supplier
The NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb bought bottles of gin as gifts for visiting dignitaries.
- by Alexandra Smith, Max Maddison and Megan Gorrey
‘Will not be popular’: Unions slam premier over work from home call
The state’s top union leader says public servants have “had the rug pulled from under them” by a push to get them back in the office.
- by Megan Gorrey
‘A knife through Service NSW’: Senior executives set to be sacked
The union says it believes 125 jobs are set to be cut in the first of “waves” of redundancy under the changes, which the government says will include executives.
- by Christopher Harris
Top public servant gets 20 per cent pay rise to $710,000
Director of Public Prosecutions Raelene Sharp, KC, received a pay rise after Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wrote to the independent Remuneration Tribunal to assist in its review of the pay packet.
- by Olivia Ireland
Opinion
NACC
Robo-debt wasn’t fair or legal. Because of a loophole we’ll never know if it was also corrupt
Australians have been left with the troubling conclusion that the national anti-corruption body doesn’t believe in the importance of its role in a case like this.
- by Waleed Aly
Anti-corruption body decided against robo-debt probe. Now it is being investigated
Last week, the anti-corruption commission said it would not launch an inquiry into robo-debt. That decision is now the subject of an investigation by the NACC’s inspector.
- by Paul Sakkal