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24/07/2024
CPSU members influence multicultural framework review
The CPSU has welcomed the release of the Multicultural Framework Review, which has drawn significantly from the union’s submission to the review.
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9/07/2024
CPSU uncovers Questacon underpayment, secures backpay
Questacon has been forced to provide thousands of dollars in backpay to current and former employees.
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5/07/2024
Government Responds to Employment Services Report
The CPSU is pleased to see the government’s commitment to a greater role for the APS in service delivery.
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4/07/2024
Bill to Protect Frontline Workers passes Parliament
The CPSU is pleased to see that legislation to better protect Commonwealth frontline workers has today passed the Parliament.
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20/06/2024
CPSU says secretive IFAs holding APS back from gender equality
The CPSU welcomes the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s (WGEA) first Commonwealth Public Sector Gender Equality Scorecard.
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13/06/2024
Statement on Consulting Services Report
The report confirms public sector work is best done by public sector workers.
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11/06/2024
CPSU requests intervention in Marine Unit
CPSU requests Home Affairs Secretary intervention in Marine Unit Management
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15/05/2024
Public services on the mend as rebuilding continues
The CPSU has welcomed the Albanese Labor Government’s ongoing commitment to rebuilding the capability and capacity of the APS.
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6/05/2024
CPSU win on labour hire and contractor crackdown
The CPSU has welcomed the government’s commitment to rebuilding the APS by reducing the expensive overreliance on labour hire and contractors.
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3/05/2024
CPSU applauds Government's $314m investment in safety for Services Australia
Comprehensive safety measures will help prevent the alarmingly frequent acts of violence and aggression staff face.
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6/05/2024
CPSU demands more healthcare workers for Canberra
CPSU launches campaign demanding more healthcare workers to support the community.
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3/05/2024
CPSU calls for more resources for Child Protection Services in NT
The NT Government must provide more staffing and resources to Child Protection in the Budget on 15 May.
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24/04/2024
Statement on the AHRC reports for ABF and Marine unit
The issues and statistics reported today are deeply concerning, but not surprising.
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12/04/2024
CPSU alarmed by ACT Government appointment
Incoming Deputy Director General of CMTEDD Lisa Carmody played a significant role in the Robodebt scandal.
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27/03/2024
Bill to Protect Frontline Workers
The CPSU welcomes moves by the Albanese Labor Government to better protect Commonwealth frontline workers.
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28/02/2024
Service-wide bargaining success continues for CPSU
Services Australia, the ATO and Home Affairs join the growing list of agencies voting in favour of their new Enterprise Agreements.
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27/02/2024
CPSU welcomes NDIS Commission leadership change
The CPSU looks forward to working with the new leadership to get this workplace back on the right track.
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16/02/2024
Public service workers swing behind Service-Wide deal
Figures released today reveal strong support for the union’s recent service-wide bargaining as agency level ballot results roll in.
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6/12/2023
ACT Health Professionals need cost of living relief before Xmas
Union members are calling on the government to deliver their agreed $1250 cost of living payment to ACT Health Professionals before Christmas.
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30/11/2023
Report recommends Commonwealth Employment Services system
The report backs in the CPSU’s calls for the public service to be put back at the heart of the employment services system.
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30/11/2023
CPSU members vote to endorse APS wide package
More than 16,000 CPSU members have voted in the union’s membership poll on the APS wide package, with 67.5% supporting it.
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27/11/2023
CPSU win: ABF to receive $150m for additional staff
Additional Australian Border Force staff to work in compliance, investigations, removal and surveillance functions.
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27/11/2023
CPSU welcomes Pezzullo termination
The CPSU has consistently expressed deep concern over reports regarding Mr. Pezzullo's conduct.
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23/11/2023
CPSU secures bolstered APS pay offer
The CPSU has secured an improved pay offer that it will recommend to its members.
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13/11/2023
Govt response to Robodebt RC Report
The acceptance of all 56 recommendations will make significant progress towards ensuring that Robodebt, or any iteration of it, is never allowed to happen again.
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13/11/2023
APS Industrial Action continues
CPSU members are continuing to build industrial pressure on the federal government to come back to the bargaining table with a better deal on pay for APS employees.
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10/11/2023
APS casuals left out of the loop
All workers, including those within the APS, should have access to the rights and benefits of secure employment.
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9/11/2023
Fighting to fix a broken Services Australia
Canberra Times opinion piece by CPSU National Secretary Melissa Donnelly.
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6/11/2023
Union Win: Services Australia to get 3,000 more staff
After years of staffing numbers going backwards and a hard-fought union led campaign, the CPSU is pleased to see the Government investing into Services Australia.
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1/11/2023
FWO and DEWR 1 hour stoppage
CPSU members in the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations will tomorrow strike for 1 hour as the union fights for a better pay deal.
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1/11/2023
Backpay win for non-APS workers
Strong negotiation by the CPSU has secured a guarantee of backpay for thousands of Commonwealth public sector workers in non-APS agencies.
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29/10/2023
Pressure grows as more CPSU members approved to strike
CPSU members in DEWR, and Meat Inspectors and On Plant Vets within DAFF, are now able to take protected industrial action after the union successfully ran Protected Action Ballots in both workplaces
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27/10/2023
CPSU research: need for improved APS cultural diversity and inclusion
CPSU research has revealed concerning findings regarding the experiences of staff from non-European cultural backgrounds within the Australian Public Service (APS).
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27/10/2023
ACT Allied Health professionals taking 3 weeks of industrial action
The action will have an extensive impact on the Department which is heavily reliant on staff doing overtime.
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24/10/2023
Fair Work Ombudsman prepped to take Industrial Action
More CPSU members are now able to take protected industrial action after the union successfully ran a Protected Action Ballot in the Fair Work Ombudsman.
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24/10/2023
CPSU welcomes moves towards ending outsourcing
The CPSU has today welcomed the Albanese Labor Government’s new limits on the use of contractors and consultants within the Australian Public Service (APS).
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19/10/2023
Industrial Action Escalates as Allied Health Professionals leave ACT
This will be the second round of industrial action taken by CHS Medical Imaging staff, with a 48-hour ban on overtime.
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13/10/2023
Services Aus safety recs must be implemented and staffing boosted
The Security Risk Management Review, follows a serious assault on a Centrelink staff member in Melbourne.
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23/11/2023
APS Values: one rule for us, another rule for them
Op-ed by Melissa Donnelly, CPSU National Secretary
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10/10/2023
ACT Medical Imaging staff to take industrial action
CPSU members will take part in industrial action after year long negotiations fail to meet workers expectations.
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6/10/2023
Canberra Hospital: Women not allowed to wear shorts, men are
Women wardspersons have been issued a directive to not wear the work shorts that their male colleagues wear on a daily basis.
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5/10/2023
DEWR to join APS Industrial Action as pressure grows
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has today applied for a Protected Action Ballot for members in the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR).
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4/10/2023
APS pay push grows after a decade of being cut to the bone
Union members in parts of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry join the push for an improved pay offer.
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2/10/2023
Fair Work Ombudsman to join APS industrial action
The CPSU will be expanding APS industrial action after having an application for a Protected Action Ballot in the Fair Work Ombudsman approved by the Fair Work Commission.
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29/09/2023
Union members set to strike in Services Australia
CPSU members in Services Australia will be participating in a 24-hour strike to improve the pay offer for public service workers.
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27/09/2023
CPSU set to escalate over pay
The CPSU will escalate their service-wide bargaining campaign after the revised pay and conditions offer tabled by the APSC failed to garner clear support from union members.
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26/09/2023
NDIS Commission reform urgently needed
The CPSU has renewed calls for reform of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission), claiming that unsafe workloads and grave mismanagement are at the core of the regulator’s failings.
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25/09/2023
Mike Pezzullo position ‘untenable’
The Community and Public Sector Union is deeply concerned by reports regarding the conduct of the Secretary of the Home Affairs Department, Mike Pezzullo, labelling his position as untenable.
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7/09/2023
Antarctic Division budget cuts leave science on thin ice
Scientific work of the AAD is becoming increasingly neglected, as staff call on the Department to reverse planned cuts.
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28/08/2023
CPSU prepares for second member vote ahead of APS pay proposals
The offer that is tabled tomorrow needs to be about more than pay – it must be about rebuilding the APS.
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15/08/2023
Cuts prompt Industrial Action escalation in Services Australia
CPSU members in Services Australia will take part in a 1-hour stop work action on Tuesday 15 August from 4pm.
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10/08/2023
CPSU welcomes progress on ‘Set the Standard’ Recommendations
CPSU members have made significant contributions in shaping both the PWSS and MoPS Act Amendments Bills.
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31/07/2023
Industrial Action planned in Services Australia
CPSU members in Services Australia are set to take strategic protected industrial action from Tuesday, sending a clear message to the Government.
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25/07/2023
APSC rejections leave model employer commitment in doubt
The Government has consistently touted its commitment to becoming a model employer, but the rejection of proposals that are directly linked to diversity undermine that.
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27/07/2023
CPSU statement on resignation of Kathryn Campbell
The CPSU expects that this is the first of many steps toward achieving full accountability.
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11/07/2023
CPSU win on flexible work and work from home
A win in service-wide APS bargaining, locking in improvements to flexible working arrangements, including working from home.
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7/07/2023
CPSU commends Robodebt report
The Royal Commission report takes the necessary steps to deliver accountability and reform.
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4/07/2023
Now is the time for Robodebt accountability and reform
Canberra Times opinion piece by CPSU National Secretary Melissa Donnelly.
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28/06/2023
1200 new public service jobs in the ACTPS
CPSU welcomes the ACT Government’s budget announcement of additional public service jobs.
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27/06/2023
CPSU welcomes Clare Holland House Insourcing
Employees can expect that their job, pay, conditions, team and manager will all remain the same.
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20/06/2023
Maternity Leave Act recommendations reflect the realities of modern parenting
The CPSU calls on the Albanese Government to adopt the review recommendations in full.
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5/06/2023
Pay offer has union members seeing red
Members to don red attire to express disappointment with the pay and pay equity proposals.
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1/06/2023
CPSU members reject first pay offer
CPSU members have overwhelmingly rejected the 10.5% pay offer tabled by the APSC.
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29/05/2023
APS bargaining to prioritise progress on pay equity
Pay inequity hits hardest in agencies with high proportions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff.
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25/05/2023
Services Australia attack: Centre security review welcomed
A Centrelink Team Leader was the victim of a serious attack while doing her job.