Junior tax officers stretched: union
Noel Towell A cull of dozens of senior ATO officials has left junior staff to "match wits" against vastly more experienced corporate tax experts, according to a public sector union.
Union set to take DHS to tribunal
Noel Towell Union threatening to take legal action in its dispute with the government's biggest department over the ''casualisation'' of its workforce.
Subcontractors draw portrait of litigation
Noel Towell The Richards brothers wish they'd never heard of the National Portrait Gallery or John Holland Group, the national construction company that built the institution.
PS bullying case to go back to tribunal
Noel Towell Public Service Reporter A Canberra public servant who claims she was bullied by one-on-one counselling sessions with her manager has lost the latest round of her legal fight for workers' compensation.
Hockey says 12,000 cull just a start
Noel Towell Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey says the loss of 12,000 public service jobs in Canberra would be just a "starting point" in the first two years of a Liberal government.
Punters call for review of Ombudsman ruling
Noel Towell The liquidator of collapsed betting agency Sports Alive says he is surprised by the ACT Ombudsman's decision to clear the territory's gambling authority for its alleged oversight of the bookie.
ACT public servants second only to WA in wage growth
Noel Towell Canberra’s public sector workers have enjoyed the nation's second highest wage growth in the past 12 months according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Labor's last stand
Noel Towell Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan's sixth budget has no big election-year sweeteners.
Skywhale flown to UK for emergency surgery
Peter Jean, Noel Towell and Tom McIlroy Skywhale was rushed to Britain several weeks ago, to ensure it would be ready for its public debut.
Crime agencies broke surveillance law: report
Noel Towell Public Service Reporter Australia's federal crime fighting agencies still have work to do in complying with the law when using electronic surveillance on suspects, according to the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
Skywhale tale grows by at least $100,000
Noel Towell and Larissa Nicholson ACT taxpayers are paying at least $100,000 more than the territory government has admitted for the controversial Skywhale hot-air balloon.
Decision puts the 'om' into compo
Noel Towell The federal government workers' compensation fund has been ordered to pay for group meditation classes for a former Canberra public servant who has not worked in 14 years.
GRC in the clear over Sports Alive
Noel Towell The ACT's gambling authority has been cleared over its conduct in the $14 million collapse of bookmaker Sports Alive four years ago.
Ombudsman finds collapsed bookie misled authorities
Noel Towell The ACT's gambling authority has been cleared over its conduct in the $14 million collapse of online bookmaker Sports Alive four years ago.
Fraud 'spotters fees' could save billions
Noel Towell and Markus Mannheim Billions of dollars could be recovered with US-style laws offering ''spotter's fees'' to whistleblowers.
Decision reserved on Comcare claim
Michael Inman and Noel Towell A compensation claim of a Canberra bureaucrat is in limbo after a judge reserved his decision on Friday.
Job cuts a rallying call for capital's unions
Noel Towell Canberra's union movement has been a sleeping giant for too long, unionists say, but they think that looming public sector job cuts could be the wake-up call it needs.
Korean spies link to AFP staffer
Noel Towell An Australian Federal Police employee has lost his unfair dismissal case.
Comcare set to sideline agencies
Noel Towell Commonwealth departments could be sidelined from managing public servants on workers' compensation.
Territory may lose when compo paid from one pot
Noel Towell ACT taxpayers could be ''cross-subsidising'' workers' compensation payouts to federal bureaucrats, according to a new review of the Comcare insurance scheme.
