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The APS Commissioner will be given power to investigate former agency heads involved in Robodebt and make determinations.

The goverment says the new legislation will help rebuild the ‘gutted’ public service and restore faith in government.

Former McKinsey consultant Andrew Nipe will lead the federal government’s new in-house function, Australian Government Consulting.

Consultants will be banned from doing core government work under new guidelines issued by the APSC.

Services Australia staff are set to strike after the CPSU rejected the government’s revised pay offer.

Artificial Intelligence will become integrated into many, if not all government services, a soon-to-be released brief to the APS will say.

Draft legislation outlines plans to phase in an integrated digital ID system involving the Commonwealth, states and private sector.

The government is planning to increase fines for consultants who promote tax dodging schemes to $780 million.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has foreshadowed plans to beef up the public service as the government slashes spending on consultants.

Labor has vowed to abolish the APS staffing cap and cut spending on consultants and contractors if elected.