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Langbroek (centre) at a meeting with departmental officials including director-general Sharon Schimming (third from left) in December 2024.

‘Banter’ or harbinger? Minister enters budget chat with a dark track

This week in our Queensland public sector column, Public Circus details a funding funeral march, an extended search for an Ombudsman, a teacher’s new party, and more.

  • Matt Dennien, Catherine Strohfeldt and Julius Dennis

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Natalie MacDonald and her child.

Natalie’s redundancy was gut-wrenching. Her story is becoming more common

No longer a last resort reserved for business restructures, redundancies are now a regular feature of the employment landscape.

  • Nina Hendy
Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie and Public Sector Commissioner David Mackie at the latter’s wedding in April, in which Bleijie acted as a celebrant in a “private capacity”.

The public sector chief’s wedding official who set tongues wagging

This week in our Queensland public sector column: the deputy premier’s celebrant services, senior figures’ uranium shares, an inflation pay bump, and more.

  • Matt Dennien and James Hall
Queensland Fire and Emergency Service generic file images. Source: QFES

Staff under review at Fire Department as it hunts for budget savings

A leaked email shows Queensland’s fire commissioner told staff his department would continue to “find efficiencies and cost savings”.

  • Matt Dennien
Circus has delved deep into the government’s overhaul of the state’s 16 hospital and health service boards, announced by Health Minister Tim Nicholls on Friday.

A deluge of doctors join state health boards. But who’s out, and why?

This week in our Queensland public sector column, Public Circus dives into the long-awaited public health service overhaul, a familiar reviewer, the (not) hiring freeze and more.

  • Matt Dennien and James Hall
Sharon Kelsey at pictured at her Adelaide home in 2022.

Council should redo CEO hire to meet ‘pub test’: Logan whistleblower

The whistleblower former chief of a major south-east council believes “irregularities” in the recent $500,000 Redland top job process need to be addressed.

  • Matt Dennien
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Being forced out of a job you love can be a harrowing experience, and is unfortunately common in many workplaces.

How to avoid being ‘managed out’ of your job

Being forced out of a job you love can be a harrowing experience, and is unfortunately common in many workplaces.

  • Jim Bright
Being made redundant doesn’t have to be a bad thing, especially if you know how to negotiate your way out the door.

Redundancies aren’t always bad. Here’s what to do if it happens to you

Being made redundant doesn’t have to be a bad thing, especially if you know how to negotiate your way out the door.

  • Victoria Devine
Caroline Szellemes was given just 24 hours notice before being made redundant.

‘People kept disappearing’: Should you take a redundancy?

Redundancies are on the rise post-COVID, and while it can be a refreshing change for some, it can also prove challenging.

  • Emily Chantiri
Whether you love or hate your existing role or manager, resigning from your job can feel daunting.

How to resign from your job without stepping on any toes

Whether you love or hate your existing role or manager, resigning from your job can feel daunting. Here’s how to do it right.

  • Téa Angelos