Markus Mannheim
Markus Mannheim edits The Public Sector Informant and writes regularly about government administration and policy.
Honours list papers to stay suppressed
Emma Macdonald, Markus Mannheim The secret papers that detail how Australia Day honours are allotted will remain suppressed after a court ruled the public had no right to access them.
Few know of religious exemption
Markus Mannheim Most people are unaware religious schools can sack teachers who are gay or who have children outside of marriage, a survey says.
Extra public service recruits in Swan's revision
Markus Mannheim The federal government has offered the bureaucracy a slight reprieve from its austerity drive, funding an extra 1300 full-time jobs this financial year.
Agencies wary of paid-out PS staff
Markus Mannheim Government agencies are loath to hire retrenched public servants as they regard them as duds rejected by their previous workplaces.
Govt wages war on paper
Markus Mannheim The pipedream of the paperless office will be within reach in three years – because taxpayers can no longer afford to put it off.
Humble cardigan given a hug
Markus Mannheim Could Michelle Obama save bureaucrats from the national sport of public service-bashing?
Wong to cut $550m but vows to leave jobs untouched
Peter Martin, Markus Mannheim EXPERTS have expressed deep scepticism about the pledge by the Finance Minister, Penny Wong, yesterday to take an extra half a billion dollars from the public service without touching jobs.
PS wings clipped in war on costs
Ross Peake, Markus Mannheim Most federal bureaucrats will no longer fly business class on the eastern seaboard - if they travel to meetings at all - under further belt-tightening for the public service unveiled by the federal...
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Legal victory grants refugee birthday wish
Markus Mannheim A Sudanese woman has won a lengthy battle to change her official birth date after the Immigration Department insisted she was, in fact, a young girl.
Defence personnel's personal secrets revealed in archive files
Markus Mannheim A woman who asked for copies of her father's military records was given a bundle of papers showing he had a sexually transmitted disease and a history of misconduct.
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Bureaucracy hits peak before cuts
Markus Mannheim The federal bureaucracy grew to its largest-ever size at the beginning of this year, despite signs that a harsh budget was looming.
Bashed: new push for PS to go bush
Markus Mannheim The federal government should shift parts of its bureaucracy to country towns to ensure the towns survive economically, a top research firm says.
Trade war up in the cloud
Markus Mannheim A trade stoush looms over the federal bureaucracy's lucrative data-storage market, sparked by concerns the United States might snoop on confidential Australian information.
Flying blind into the great unknown
Markus Mannheim Can the United States force the Australian government to grant American firms the right to host its confidential records?
ACT government accused of housing smuggler
Markus Mannheim, Hamish Boland-Rudder A Canberra shopping complex has denied any knowledge of an alleged people smuggler who was shown collecting trolleys at the centre, as the ACT government begins an investigation into claims it is...
Father's frank records disclosed
Markus Mannheim A woman who asked for copies of her father's military records was given a bundle of papers showing he had a sexually transmitted disease and a history of misconduct.
Get public servants out of Canberra: Rinehart
Markus Mannheim Australia's wealthiest person wants to shift federal bureaucrats out of Canberra and base them in the bush and the country's north.
Sleeping giant: worker fatigue 'epidemic'
Markus Mannheim Australian workers, especially parents, are suffering from an ''unrecognised epidemic'' of tiredness, a new study suggests.
PS union puts temp work in spotlight
Markus Mannheim The federal bureaucracy's army of contractors and temporary employees deserve greater rights to ongoing work, the public servants' union says.
Banker's victory in landmark court case
Markus Mannheim A bank manager who tried to kill himself rather than face a meeting to discuss his branch's performance has won a three-year court battle that could dramatically affect how workplaces treat their...
