Tag: average staffing levels

Staff cap part of ‘war on science’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government-imposed staffing cap at its primary science agency has put innovation “under threat”, according to the Opposition. The Coalition’s Average Staffing Level cap, introduced in 2015-16 with an...

ServicesAus defends outsourcing cost

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Outsourcing public sector work and calling in the contractors is often a “timely, cost-effective” option made necessary by the staffing cap and a lack of internal tech expertise, according...

Staff cap restricts CSIRO innovation

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s arbitrary cap on public sector employee numbers is “severely undermining” its science and innovation efforts, according to the CSIRO staff association. In a submission to a...