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Sep 29, 2023 | 
psnews.com.au | Chris Johnson |Julian Britton
By Chris JohnsonFinance Minister Katy Gallagher is embracing the formidable task of trying to explain digital ID to Australians wondering what impact the fast-approaching new system will have on their lives. The Federal Government has released exposure draft digital ID legislation, bringing a national digital identification system a step closer.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
psnews.com.au | Chris Johnson |Julian Britton
By Chris JohnsonZiggy Switkowski’s review of PwC has blamed a poor governance culture that gave the firm’s chief executive officer excessive unchecked power for a string of serious breaches of ethics and integrity. The former Telstra boss was commissioned in May by PwC to undertake an independent internal review of the giant consultancy after it was caught betraying the Federal Government’s trust by leaking confidential Treasury information for its own commercial interests.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
psnews.com.au | Chris Johnson |Julian Britton
By Chris JohnsonAustralians have enrolled for next month’s Voice referendum in record numbers, with 17,676,347 correctly on the rolls when registration closed last Monday (18 September). Final roll numbers just released equate to 97.7 per cent of eligible Australians being enrolled to vote in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum. In the ACT, the percentage is even higher, with a 98 per cent enrolment rate totalling 316,837 registered voters from an eligible pool of 323,319.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
psnews.com.au | Andrew McLaughlin |Julian Britton
By Andrew McLaughlinThe Royal Australian Navy will soon be getting a new Maritime Underwater Tracking Range (MUTR) to replace one that was decommissioned more than a decade ago. The new MUTR will be built and sustained for 20 years by L3Harris Australia at a cost of up to $328 million and is being managed through Defence’s Project SEA 1350 Phase 3 program.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
psnews.com.au | Julian Britton
Dan Schawbel says in the midst of continuing economic uncertainty, employers need to pay more attention to their workers’ financial wellbeing. As we plunge well into the second half of 2023, the continuing state of global economic uncertainty is affecting workers and business leaders alike.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
psnews.com.au | Julian Britton
We all know workplace change is inevitable, but badly-managed change is worse than no change at all. Michelle Gibbings suggests ways to avoid the pitfalls. If you’ve worked in any organisation for a while, you’ll likely have experienced some form of organisational change. Sadly, your experience of the change may have been sub-par.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
psnews.com.au | Julian Britton
Crispin Savage says a review of almost 1,000 studies on the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on rivers around the world has found an overall negative effect on water quality. An international team of experts, including scientists from the University of Adelaide and led by Utrecht University in the Netherlands, has reviewed 965 studies, sourced from every continent, conducted between 2000 and 2022.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
psnews.com.au | Julian Britton
New Zealand’s Public Service Commissioner, Peter Hughes has announced his retirement, affective 29 February next year. He said he was leaving at that time to give the incoming Government an opportunity to start its term with fresh leadership at the head of the Public Service. “It has been the privilege of my life to serve as Public Service Commissioner,” Mr Hughes (pictured) said. “I personally thank every Public Servant who has chosen public service as their career.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
psnews.com.au | Julian Britton
With many of China’s Local Governments facing near bankruptcy, the so-called iron rice bowl of secure public sector jobs is beginning to show some cracks. The County of Guzhang, in Hunan Province, is a typical example. A planned restructure could include consolidating and merging various Administrative Departments, with a consequent downsizing in staff.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
psnews.com.au | Julian Britton
Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has admitted that he get “frightened” whenever he receives the latest updates on the country’s bloated Public Service payroll. In a press conference in Abuja with Global Vice President of Oracle, Andres Arroyo, Mr Tinubu (pictured) said he hoped the company’s cutting-edge technology could provide some solutions. The country’s Public Service has long been plagued by absentee and ‘ghost workers’.
