Qld public servants feel burnt out,bullied and tied up in red tape

Qld public servants feel burnt out,bullied and tied up in red tape

Public sector workers have laid out their gripes in an annual employee survey.

  • byFelicity Caldwell

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More public servants earning big bucks despite economic downturn

More public servants earning big bucks despite economic downturn

About 14 per cent of the public sector now earn more than $120,000 a year.

  • byLydia Lynch
Ask a Reporter:Your Queensland budget questions answered

Ask a Reporter:Your Queensland budget questions answered

Politician pay rises,arts funding and dividends from electricity companies. Our reporters answer your questions about the Queensland budget.

  • byFelicity Caldwell andLydia Lynch
Queensland public service wages bill to hit $26 billion

Queensland public service wages bill to hit $26 billion

Treasurer Cameron Dick has flagged the government might scrap a key measure designed to keep a lid on costs.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Queensland's public service wage bill surges by $500 million

Queensland's public service wage bill surges by $500 million

Queensland's wage bill has blown out by a half a billion dollars this year.

  • byLydia Lynch andToby Crockford
How dollar-toting Dick plans to shave $3 billion from public sector

How dollar-toting Dick plans to shave $3 billion from public sector

Brandishing the first dollar he ever earned,Queensland's Treasurer spells out massive changes and cuts to come for the public service.

  • byLucy Stone
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Queensland hospital workers walk off the job over pay freeze

Queensland hospital workers walk off the job over pay freeze

In April,Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced public servants would have pay rises frozen for 12-months affecting tens of thousands of police,teachers,nurses and firefighters.

  • byLydia Lynch
New Queensland law to focus on 230,000 public servants,not protesters

New Queensland law to focus on 230,000 public servants,not protesters

The effectiveness of the Human Rights Act will depend on its impact on decision-making within the public service,the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties says.

  • byTony Moore
How Tom Macbeth painted the man who'basically built Queensland'

How Tom Macbeth painted the man who'basically built Queensland'

A portrait of Sir Leo Hielscher will be on display among other entries for the Brisbane Portrait Prize at an exhibition in New Farm.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
Integrity advice requests balloon in Queensland

Integrity advice requests balloon in Queensland

Requests by Queensland's politicians and senior public servants for advice on ethics and integrity issues hit an unprecedented high in the last financial year,the state's Integrity Commissioner says.

  • byAaron Bunch
CCC investigates misuse of private information in public sector

CCC investigates misuse of private information in public sector

Corruption watchdog calls for public submissions for Operation Impala,investigating the potential misuse of private information in the public sector.

  • byLucy Stone