2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (146+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Finance has agreed with KPMG Australia to extend its ban on bidding for government work until October 31. An initial ban on bidding for government work was due to end on…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (164+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Australia’s chief revenue officer, Commissioner of Taxation Rob Heferen, has put politicians and markets on notice that the level of taxation debt in Australia, last pegged at $115 billion, is expected…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (208+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Rebecca Fawcett will succeed Melissa Donnelly as national secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU). The CPSU’s governing council in Adelaide unanimously agreed to the appointment this week…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (216+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Camilla Drover has been appointed chief executive of Sydney Metro. Minister for Transport John Graham thanked acting chief executive Hugh Lawson, who has filled the role since Peter Regan’s departure…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (181+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. The Parliamentary Workplace Support Service has told the Senate it believes finding the exact number of confidentiality notices issued by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission is an “unreasonable diversion of…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (211+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Health & Aged Care As agencies don yellow for R U OK? Day today, the organisation’s workplace program manager wants public sector workplaces to think beyond the cupcakes. Julie-Anne Whitfield said…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (219+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Victoria’s integrity agencies aren’t just calling out government failures. According to the state’s ombud, the agencies themselves are failing, too. In a scolding keynote at the Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (205+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. An Australia Post internal document titled ‘Post Office Network & Licensed Post Office Reimagined‘ and leaked to the committee in early June outlined a network-consolidation trial, including provisions to buy back…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (202+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. A former defence bureaucrat has taken to social media, urging current public servants to answer questions “openly and simply” in committee hearings to earn and keep greater respect. Founder of…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (236+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Western Australia has proposed doubling the threshold for open tenders in a statutory review of the state’s procurement system. The Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) propose to increase the…...