Tag Archives: Australian Public Service

An Indigenous destiny for the public service?

By Tracker, February 13, 2012

By Isaac Simon EMPLOYMENT: Gaining meaningful employment and having access to sustainable employment opportunities has always been an issue for our people.

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The Australian Public Service is not racist, but…

By Chris Graham, June 1, 2011
NATIONAL: The Commonwealth government agency with the highest proportion of black workers has the lowest pay rates in the Australian Public Service, stunning new data compiled by one of the nation’s most powerful unions has revealed.

NATIONAL: The Commonwealth government agency with the highest proportion of black workers has the lowest pay rates in the Australian Public Service, stunning new data compiled by one of the nation’s most powerful unions has revealed.

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Another gap gets bigger

By Chris Graham, May 4, 2011
Canberra, February 8, 2005: Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Dr Peter Shergold at the Senate inquiry into the Administration of Indigenous Affairs in Canberra. (AAP Image/Alan Porritt)

Kevin Rudd, and now Julia Gillard, have both committed to “Close the Gap” between black and white Australians. But in the area of black employment in the Australian Public Service, Labor is still failing its targets, writes CHRIS GRAHAM.

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