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Restoring public sector capability through investment in public service employees

This briefing paper examines the make-up of the APS and considers recent efforts to improve APS service delivery.

By Lisa Heap

Life savers without life savings

Firefighters and paramedics save lives, protect us from the ravages of fire, and ensure the sick and injured receive the

By Jack Thrower

Submission to Industrial Relations Victoria Inquiry on Restricting Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) in Workplace Sexual Harassment Cases

NDAs may protect victims’ privacy but power imbalances coerce signatures, silencing survivors, enabling repeat harassment, and obscuring prevalence; greater transparency

By Lisa Heap, David Peetz

Economic prosperity, public sector restraint

By many measures, South Australia has enjoyed the strongest economy of any state in Australia. Its economic growth has been

By Jack Thrower

Submission to the Secure Jobs Better Pay Review

The Secure Jobs Better Pay (SJBP) reforms were designed to address some areas where the industrial relations framework had not

By Fiona Macdonald, Lisa Heap, David Peetz, Jim Stanford

Taking up the right to disconnect?

Unsatisfactory working hours and unpaid overtime: 2024 update

By Fiona Macdonald