PS News   THIS WEEK
Independent News for the Australian Public Service. Edition #342. Updated to Tuesday, 4 December 2012.
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MAIN NEWS STORIES
PS facing year of challenges    2013 to be significant: Sedgwick ...read more... Job classifications ruled on the level    Review finds no need for change ...read more... Public sector debates future in Canberra    Institute launches 2013 conference ...read more... New sports program all funds and games    Commission to boost sports success ...read more... Three decades of FOI celebrated    Commissioner marks anniversary ...read more...		Response to ADF abuse findings    Taskforce to be formed ...read more... Privacy laws to be upgraded    Additional protections coming ...read more... Century-old Act has had its day    1908 quarantine laws to go ...read more... New deal switched on for TV channels    More Australian content coming ...read more... Income management manages changes    Evaluation prompts reforms ...read more... PLUS MUCH MORE...
PS in Focus - Photos and faces from PS gatherings, get-togethers and goings on ...access here...
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Doing the homework: Will working from home work for most of us    by Jodie McLeod Personally speaking: Does your personality match your job?    by Sarah Jacob Skilling up: Mastering the skill of mastering new skills    by Amy Gallo  INTERNATIONAL China    Women protest at sex checks ...read more... South Africa    Global leader to shake up PSI ...read more... Scotland    Pension threat to cost PS ...read more... New Zealand    No interest in women’s issues ...read more... Singapore    PS increasingly complex ...read more... 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       The best and most valuable PS-related conferences and special events ...access here...		PS FEATURES Heading for home: Making teleworking work    by Robert Killick Open knowledge: FOI makes a friend    by Craig Thomler Home truths: Dealing with antisocial public tenants    by Anthony Negus  TALKING POINT Thou shalt not kill:   How come Governments still are?   Imposing the death penalty is a primitive form of justice say Thomas Serafin, Benedict Coyne and Stephen Keim and it should be abolished worldwide ...read more...  PS-sssst...!    Another behind-the-news look at what’s really happening in the PS ...read more...  OUT OF HOURS Travel, Wine & Dine, At The Movies, Motoring ...plus much more...  BOOKS    Rama Gaind’s take on the latest and best books for the PS ...read more...
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