Archived News for Professionals in Federal Government
The Federal Government has launched an online register of childcare centres that “rort the system”.
Deep doubt for NAIF rail loan
Even without the Queensland's rejection, Adani's $1 billion NAIF loan is unlikely to be approved.
Feds defend huge outside spend
The Federal Government has defended the hundreds of millions it has spent on management consultants.
Pay fight finds new home
The launch of the new Home Affairs agency has been far from a fresh start ...
PC says bush push not enough
The Productivity Commission says decentralisation is not a fix for struggling regional economies.
457 fears in new TPP
Unions have issued a warning about the new version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Abbott's carbon claims denied
Experts have attacked Tony Abbott’s latest comments on carbon credits.
Emissions switch slammed
The Federal Government has been accused of shifting the goalposts with the release of new annual emissions projections.
Supercomputing boosted
The Federal Government has announced $70 million will be spent to replace Australia’s highest performance research supercomputer, Raijin.
Uni funding freeze looms
The Federal Government has announced a funding freeze for universities aimed at saving over $2 billion.
ACOSS calls for cashless re-think
ACOSS wants the Senate to reject the cashless welfare card program.
APVMA staff get new details
The new boss of the APVMA says he has found transparency helps soothe workers’ feelings about the move to Armidale.
Ex-APRA head slams super change
An expert on superannuation in Australia says the Federal Government is going for “entirely the wrong model”.
Parkinson wants public survey
PM&C chief Martin Parkinson wants public service leaders to hold a national survey of Australian views of government service delivery.
White spot failures detailed
A new review says a string of biosecurity failures allowed white spot disease to spread in Queensland ...
Big IT spend outlined
The Government has revealed which companies have received its $36 billion worth of IT procurement in the last five years.
ICAN wants bigger bomb ban
An anti-nuclear group founded in Australia has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and used the attention to call for a complete ban on atomic weapons.
ATO shame list ditched
The ATO has ditched a plan to reveal the bottom 10 per cent of its employees.
Border Force idea dumped
The CPSU has described an attempt to have Border Force pay for their own team-building activities as “half-baked”.