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David Crisafulli during his first estimates as Premier.

AI-instruction raises eyebrows in government department

Also in Public Circus: an own goal for the Games authority and all hands on deck for a bargaining agreement at City Hall.

  • James Hall, Cameron Atfield and William Davis

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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
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
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Tabling an offer with relish

To solve the mystery, consider the source.

Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs, Stephanie Foster, has opened a call for voluntary redundancies.

Hundreds of Home Affairs jobs to be cut in budget squeeze

Home Affairs secretary Stephanie Foster announced to staff in a briefing that the department had opened calls for voluntary redundancies across the department.

  • Matthew Knott
The highest-paid Commonwealth secretary heads, Jenny Wilkinson and Steven Kennedy.

‘Questions have to be asked’: Tribunal to review $1m bureaucrat salaries

The first review in 15 years will seek to boost public confidence in the way public servants are paid.

  • Nick Newling
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Then-newly appointed Queensland Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business director-general Chris Lamont and his minister Steve Minnikin early last year.

Top public servant ‘exchanged’ into ranks of another department

The top rung of Queensland’s public service has undergone only its second major internal reshuffle since the Crisafulli government’s initial overhaul in late 2024.

  • Matt Dennien
The Redland City Council CEO job pays more than $500,000.

‘They think confidential means embarrassing’: Leaks reveal fresh details of how council CEO was hired

The council recently went through a restructure that a risk expert said could undermine transparency, and has refused to release documents that would shed light on the recruitment process.

  • Julius Dennis
Scott Morrison giving evidence at the robo-debt royal commission in 2022.

Secret identities revealed, Morrison cleared of corruption in robo-debt investigation

The royal commission into robo-debt referred six people for investigation in a secret sealed chapter. Their names have finally been revealed.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Langbroek had accused author K.A. Ren Wyld of “glorifying terrorism” over a social media post.

Library stripped of state literary award role in fellowship fallout

Queensland’s state library will no longer run major literary awards on behalf of the government after a long-awaited review. But the future of the event is unclear.

  • Matt Dennien