Surging demand puts the pressure on Services Australia staff - but they're not daunted

Doug Dingwall
Updated August 20 2021 - 11:20am, first published 5:00am
Services Australia public servants Mark Williams and Peter Kocmar at the agency's Doris Blackburn Building in Forrest. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
Services Australia public servants Mark Williams and Peter Kocmar at the agency's Doris Blackburn Building in Forrest. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

The stakes are high as Peter Kocmar begins his work each day delivering welfare payments to people hit by the nation's Covid lockdowns.

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Doug Dingwall

Doug Dingwall

Parliamentary bureau chief

Doug Dingwall is The Canberra Times' parliamentary bureau chief. He writes about government and federal politics, and has an interest in integrity, industrial relations and foreign affairs. Previously he worked at The Examiner in Launceston, where he won a Tasmanian Human Rights Award for his reporting. Contact him on doug.dingwall@canberratimes.com.au

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