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Experts says day-in-lieu clauses should receive more promotion in public services and managers should remove any workplace barriers to it. The post Public servants can swap holidays like Australia Day but not all agencies promote it appeared first on The Mandarin.

Two members of the ARC’s college of experts have quit in protest at what they say is Stuart Robert’s inappropriate project grants overreach. The post Furore escalates over Robert’s ARC veto appeared first on The Mandarin.

The Royal Australian Navy has struck a major contract for a regional maintenance centre in Cairns, the first of four new strategic sites. The post Navy stikes contract for first of four regional maintenance centres appeared first on The Mandarin.

The costs relate to a finding last year that Chrysanthou could not continue working with Porter on his defamation case against the ABC. The post Court orders Porter and lawyer to pay $430,000 legal costs appeared first on The Mandarin.

The medicine is for adults with the virus who do not need oxygen but are at increased risk of progressing to hospital or dying.  The post TGA gives early approval to first oral treatments for COVID in Australia appeared first on The Mandarin.

This vertical farm claims its yields are two times above the industry average thanks to keeping the microbial cell count in soil much higher than it would be with chemical fertilizers. The post The world’s biggest vertical farm yet will fertilize crops with fish poop appeared first on The Mandarin.

PCR test results in some cases were delivered 12 hours earlier through the My Health Record than via text messages from the pathology companies.  The post Digital health services prove merit as frontline of pandemic response under pressure appeared first on The Mandarin.

A survey found only 27% of Australians rate public servants as having high levels of trust and ethics. Here’s how to recalibrate for a better image. The post Shifting unfavourable perceptions of public sector professionals appeared first on The Mandarin.

Scott Morrison confirmed the APS and ADF support to triple-O call centres and for ambulance driving but warned the support is limited. The post APS workers help state’s stretched triple-O call centre, ADF drive ambulances appeared first on The Mandarin.

Kym Peak, a former senior public administrator from Victoria, will lead an independent review of governance for the WA health system. The post Governance of WA health system under scrutiny appeared first on The Mandarin.

A 65-year-old woman from Mango Island, a 49-year-old man from Nomuka Island, and a British national were killed by the Tonga volcano disaster.  The post Three people confirmed dead following Tonga eruption appeared first on The Mandarin.

The federal government has triggered an agreement for private hospital staff to be made available to support public health systems.  The post Private hospital staff set to help public sector appeared first on The Mandarin.