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PS News   UPDATE
 Independent News for the Australian Public Service. Edition Number 217. Updated to Tuesday, 18 May 2010
THIS WEEK'S UPDATE ONLINE NOW:  http://www.psnews.com.au/APS.htmlhttp://www.psnews.com.au/APS.html

MAIN NEWS STORIES

Business unusual as APS reforms adopted
  Moran report accepted in full ...more...
Opposition does job on PS staffing levels
   Cuts promised for jobs and ads ...more...
Timely advice on Annual Reports
   PM&C sets out timetable ...more...
New-age PS needed to deal with ageing
  Minister sounds future warning ...more...
Tax Office glitches collect criticism
  Inspector to explore issues ...more...
  Bureau health survey goes for the doctor
  ABS project to be biggest ever ...more...
Retirees do job on Budget impact
  Claims ex-PS staff lose out ...more...
Tax rate cuts mean many happy returns
  Staff benefit from Budget changes ...more...
PS think-tank floated at ANU
  Institute launched for public policy ...more...
New environment plan gets green light
  National scheme to collect data ...more...
PLUS MUCH MORE...

PS FEATURES

Making sense of Web2.0 for beginners
  by Barry Saunders
Is being a Public Servant a cushy job?
  by Blair McPherson
Preventing youth violence
  by Deirdre Croft

INTERNATIONAL

PS stories from United Kingdom, Nigeria, New Zealand, United States, Spain, Kenya, China ...plus much more...

CAREERS CENTRE

  A selection of the more interesting Public Service jobs plus links to every PS vacancy in the land ...access here...

CONFERENCES

  More of the best and most valuable PS-related conferences and special events ...access here...
 

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Being a good manager
  by Tom Viren and Ben Rubenstein
Office gossip and rumour mongering
  by Brenda Williams
When an employee becomes a problem
  by Sylvia Hepler

TALKING POINT

Ageing on the job:
  Are we deaf to age discrimination?

  by Graham Cooke ...more...

PS-sssst...!

  Another behind-the-news look at what�s really happening in the PS ...more...

OUT OF HOURS

Travel, Wine & Dine, At The Movies, Motoring...plus much more...
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