Agencies oppose paid plan to park

Markus Mannheim Almost all government workplaces affected by the decision to charge for parking in the Parliamentary Triangle oppose it, though they're unlikely to say so.

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Demolishing the edifice complex

Markus Mannheim Have you ever noticed that public servants tend to work in the newest, best-equipped offices in whichever city or town they're based?

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Budget to target senior public servants

Markus Mannheim The federal government will crack down on the rising number of middle managers in the bureaucracy. Finance Minister Penny Wong said this week's budget would strip another $580 million from the public...

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Public service numbers on slide

Noel Towell and Markus Mannheim The federal public service shed more than 2500 jobs last year, the first time in a decade the Commonwealth bureaucracy has shrunk.

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Coalition doubles public service job growth

Noel Towell and Markus Mannheim The Coalition has again overstated by more than 90 per cent the growth of the federal public service in Canberra.

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Retirees cash in at public expense

Markus Mannheim Thousands of federal public servants who received redundancy packages in recent years were close to retiring but held out for a final, taxpayer-funded bonus.

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Immigration review exposes risk of failure

Markus Mannheim THE crisis-ridden Immigration Department is poorly managed, its workers mistrust each other and its executives' financial illiteracy poses serious risks, an independent review has warned.

Report attacks migration failures

Markus Mannheim The crisis-ridden Immigration Department is poorly managed, its workers mistrust each other and its executives' financial illiteracy poses serious risks, an independent review has warned.

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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.

Motel sex was work: court goes for compo

Markus Mannheim A public servant who was injured while having sex during a work trip has won compensation after a five-year legal battle.

Public servant wins legal battle after being injured during sex

Markus Mannheim A PUBLIC servant who was injured while having sex during a work trip has won compensation after a five-year legal battle.

Hacker's military database raid 'fun'

Markus Mannheim A LONE hacker stole the personal details of thousands of Australian military staff during an attack he conducted ''for fun''.

PS numbers defy the axe

Markus Mannheim The federal bureaucracy continued to grow earlier this year despite the toughest crackdown on spending in more than a decade and at a time when many agencies were retrenching staff.

Bureaucracy at its largest in 24 years

Markus Mannheim The federal bureaucracy continued to grow earlier this year despite the toughest crackdown on spending in over a decade, and at a time many agencies were retrenching staff.

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Large workplaces struggle with sickies

Markus Mannheim The federal bureaucracy is struggling to rein in the number of sickies its staff take. Three of the worst offending agencies have consistently topped the public service's absence rates over the past...

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Bureaucrats warned against online gossip

Markus Mannheim A senior federal official has warned public servants to vet carefully what they say online, lest their "gossip" undermine the public's faith in the bureaucracy.

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One in six public servants 'bullied'

Markus Mannheim Almost half of the alleged bullying in the federal bureaucracy is thought to be based on personality differences. A further one in three cases relates to attempts to improve staff performance.

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Activists tackle closed government culture

Markus Mannheim Activists have marked the 30th birthday of Australia's freedom of information laws by creating a simpler way to access government documents.

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Public servants hit career 'bottleneck'

Markus Mannheim The growing number of middle managers in the federal bureaucracy has created a career "bottleneck" that drives some staff out of the public service, a research paper says.

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