Staff at the federal agency tasked with improving the quality and safety of NDIS services are being overworked and want to leave their employer, according to results from an employee survey. | Doug Dingwall canberratimes.com.au/story/7922585/

🇦🇺 Memorial Relents On Frontier Wars ▫Veterans' Affairs Minister Matt Keogh says War Memorial will expand recognition of frontier conflicts ▫Doug Dingwall 🇦🇺 Canberra Times #frontpagestoday #Australia 📰

Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a top of 15 degrees and a shower or two today. Here's the front page, featuring a Kambah pool rescue, via Soofia Tariq, and the end of iso from Doug Dingwall and Harley Dennett canberratimes.com.au/subscribe

Australia's chief medical officer has warned the pandemic is not over and more peaks in COVID infections are likely, as national cabinet responded to a dip in virus transmissions by lifting mandatory isolation requirements. | Doug Dingwall Harley Dennett canberratimes.com.au/story/7925223/

Public servants will receive a 3 per cent boost to their pay packets as the federal government looks to give itself more time to establish a bureaucracy-wide wage deal. | Sarah Basford Canales canberratimes.com.au/story/7931277/

Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a partly cloudy day with a top of 17 degrees. Here's today's front page, with stories from Doug Dingwall and Brittney Levinson canberratimes.com.au/subscribe

The new figures detail the $6.5 billion in budget increases, and about 97 years' worth of delays. | Doug Dingwall canberratimes.com.au/story/7936586/

Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a very high chance of showers and a top of 19 degrees. Here's today's front page featuring Katy Gallagher rules out waiving the ACT housing debt, via Dan Jervis-Bardy, and crack down on APS outsourcing, from Doug Dingwall.

Public housing is declining as a share of all Canberra dwellings. This is the distribution of public housing in ACT suburbs over time (the lines are medians). The average suburban share is shrinking: 6.5% in 2006, down to 4.4% last year.

Here's what you need to know from the 2022 federal budget | Doug Dingwall canberratimes.com.au/story/7954807/…

The government is growing public service staffing to its highest level in a decade. canberratimes.com.au/story/7954804/

Labor's first budget since regaining power signals a major expansion of the public service, showing staffing levels growing by 8000 and ranks of agencies increasing across the bureaucracy | Doug Dingwall canberratimes.com.au/story/7954804/…

Labor's first budget since regaining power signals a major expansion of the public service, showing staffing levels growing by 8000 and ranks of agencies increasing across the bureaucracy | Doug Dingwall canberratimes.com.au/story/7954804/…

Specialist intelligence roles are remaining empty as security clearance wait times stretch well beyond a year, the head of Australia's spy watchdog has warned | Sarah Basford Canales canberratimes.com.au/story/7960170/…

100,000 meg release from Wyangala Dam. Evacuation warnings downstream at Cowra. Nick Moir for The Sydney Morning Herald

Speaking the truth on climate change became a political act for public servants under the previous government. It strained them in their role as apolitical advisers | Doug Dingwall canberratimes.com.au/story/7937305/…

#estimates APSC: a 6% gender pay gap exists and work is commencing with one staffer analysing data to understand why, due by January 2023. Results will be made public (since I asked for it to be). #auspol

It's the silly season, AKA Senate #estimates, and you can read all about it on our live blog 👇 contributions by Doug Dingwall, Dan Jervis-Bardy, Finn McHugh and Harley Dennett and I, v Canberra Times #auspol canberratimes.com.au/story/7971254/…

Spies, federal police officers and parliamentary workers are set to be left out of new public service workplace rules allowing bureaucracy-wide bargaining with employers | Doug Dingwall canberratimes.com.au/story/7974219/…