CIVIL SERVICE – SALARIES

Industry staff tapped to opt out of new deal

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Original article by Sally Whyte
The Canberra Times – Page: 16 : 26-Oct-18

The federal Department of Industry, Innovation & Science may use a clause in the Public Service Act that allows departmental secretaries to make determinations about pay and conditions, so long as there is no loss to the benefits of staff. Civil servants are being asked to vote on whether they want the Department to make such a determination, which would see the terms of their current enterprise agreement maintained, or to enter into a new bargaining process with the Community & Public Sector Union. The CPSU wants staff to vote against the determination proposal.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SECTOR UNION

Federal agencies to dodge union deals

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 2 : 9-Feb-18

Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd says smaller government agencies are most likely to ditch enterprise agreements under the Coalition’s new policy on public sector bargaining. It allows departments and agencies to opt for alternative workplace arrangements such as common law employment contracts. Lloyd notes that unions tend to have greater influence on workplace negotiations in larger agencies, where enterprise agreements will most likely continue to prevail. The new policy has been criticised by Labor, which has raised the spectre of a return to the WorkChoices era.

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AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SECTOR UNION

‘Good debt’ to underwrite Future Fund

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Original article by Andrew White
The Australian – Page: 19 & 22 : 1-Sep-17

The Future Fund has posted an annual return of 8.7 per cent for 2016-17, compared with its target return of 6.9 per cent. However, chairman Peter Costello says returns and asset values are likely to be affected by an expected rise in interest rates. He adds that the Federal Government’s decision to postpone drawdowns by five years will allow the sovereign wealth fund to cover all unfunded public sector super liabilities, which are forecast to top $A200bn in 2021. The Government will increase what Treasurer Scott Morrison labels "good" debt to fund super liabilities between 2021 and 2026.

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AUSTRALIA. FUTURE FUND MANAGEMENT AGENCY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA, QIC LIMITED, PORT OF MELBOURNE

Public service fat cats, MPs get the cream

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Original article by Adam Creighton, Primrose Riordan, David Uren
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 23-Jun-17

Australia’s Remuneration Tribunal has granted federal politicians, judges and high-ranking public servants a two per cent pay rise from 1 July 2017. Greens leader Richard Di Natale has queried the need for a pay rise, as has Liberal Democrats senator David Leyonhjelm. Nadine Flood of the Community & Public Sector Union says its members, who have been battling with the Coalition government for improved wages since it was elected in 2013, are unlikely to be impressed.

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AUSTRALIA. REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SECTOR UNION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF DEFENCE, AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

Bureaucrats eye $1m pay despite flat wage growth

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Original article by David Uren, Sarah Elks
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 24-Aug-16

New figures show that the annual remuneration of many senior federal public servants have risen significantly since 2008. The secretary of the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet, Martin Parkinson, is paid $A861,700 each year, while Treasury secretary John Fraser is paid $A840,810. Both salaries are much higher than the remuneration of their predecessors during the global financial crisis. Public servants in many states have also enjoyed strong growth wages over the last eight years.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE, AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD

Public servants offered 0% pay rises

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Original article by Markus Mannheim
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 12 : 6-Nov-14

The Australian Crime Commission and the Australian Research Council are among the Federal Government agencies that are seeking to exclude staff pay rises from new enterprise agreements. Given that inflation is forecast to be between 2.5 and 2.75 per cent annually, these staff face the prospect of effectively having their pay cut. Military personnel have been offered a pay rise of 1.5 per cent

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AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL, AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SECTOR UNION

Big pay rise for Serco guards

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Original article by Daniel Emerson
The West Australian – Page: 3 : 24-Jun-14

Security firm Serco runs the sole private prison in Western Australia (WA) for the State Government. A deal was agreed on with the aid of the Community & Public Sector Union / Civil Service Association in 2006, under which the 220-plus staff at the Acacia facility receive the same pay as government officers. This means a wage rise of a minimum 4.25% in 2015, while those of police and other emergency services personnel are limited to the CPI of 2.75%. The WA Prison Officers Union now covers the Serco employees, and says the parity clause is crucial to keeping staff retention levels high

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SERCO GROUP PTY LTD, WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PRISON OFFICERS’ UNION OF WORKERS, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SECTOR UNION, CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF CORRECTIVE SERVICES, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF TREASURY AND FINANCE