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Commonwealth Government Business Enterprises
In January 2018, the Department of Finance released updated Government Business Enterprise Guidelines...
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Our top ten tips for tendering
Although agency template documents and standard request for tender processes are usually OK for smaller...
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Protecting your staff members information in FOI processes
A regular concern for agencies (especially customer service agencies when dealing with aggrieved customer FOI applicants) is whether...
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First ANAO audit of Commonwealth shared services
At an audit cost of $736,000, the ANAO recently published its first performance audit report on a shared services arrangement...
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Are contingent liabilities causing you red tape?
With the January 2015 release of Resource Management Guide (‘RMG’) 414[1] on indemnities, guarantees and warranties...
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Bargaining for APS enterprise agreements
On 28 March 2014, the government released its new Workplace Bargaining Policy, setting out the framework for negotiations with APS employees over new enterprise agreements.
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The public interest disclosure scheme — what is it and how does it work?
On 15 January 2014 the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 quietly commenced, heralding a new era in Commonwealth public sector whistleblowing...
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APS bargaining
In August 2013 the APSC confirmed that it would move to re-centralise the negotiation of core APS wide working conditions under one agreement, as part of the upcoming round of...
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Spill and fill
The Australian Public Service (APS) is suffering under the federal government’s “efficiency dividend” policy, which has enforced funding cuts and, ultimately, will force a large-scale reduction in staff numbers...
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Changes to fair work act 2013
One of the last acts of the Federal Parliament last week was to pass a number of significant changes to the Fair Work Act. We summarise these new provisions...