Tag: Community and Public Sector Union

Use budget to rebuild inhouse APS tech skills

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government should scrap the controversial public sector staffing cap and use this week’s federal budget as an opportunity to begin the process of bringing tech skills back...

Visa system gets $30m check-up

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is to spend more than $30 million to improve the current visa processing technologies after delaying its move to privatise the system until next year. Treasurer...

Robo-debt risk of visa privatisation

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s controversial plan to privatise aspects of the visa system could lead to other disasters like the robo-debt scandal, the public sector union has warned. In a submission...

Outsourcing is on the nose: CPSU

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s six-week, $858,000 deal with McKinsey to provide advice on the design of Services Australia has been slammed by the public sector union, with fears it will lead...

Strike action on CentrelinkFail

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Centrelink staff will go on strike next week over the ongoing robo-debt fiasco with morale hitting rock bottom as a result of the program. Department of Human Services employees...