Doug Dingwall

Pacific digital journalist at the ABC. Former volunteer @NewsroomVbtc in Vanuatu 🇻🇺 and journalist at The Canberra Times. Views are mine, not the ABC’s.

[Canberra Times @canberratimes]

Spies, federal police officers and parliamentary workers are set to be left out of new public service workplace rules allowing bureaucracy-wide bargaining with employers | @dougdingwall https://t.co/YPZ6QPNG6H

[Canberra Times @canberratimes]

Speaking the truth on climate change became a political act for public servants under the previous government. It strained them in their role as apolitical advisers | @dougdingwall https://t.co/z2hLafTwr5

[Sarah Basford Canales @sbasfordcanales]

It's the silly season, AKA Senate #estimates, and you can read all about it on our live blog 👇 contributions by @dougdingwall, @D_JervisBardy, @FinnianMchugh and @harleyd and I, v @canberratimes #auspol
https://t.co/tC3zDHcN14

[Larissa Waters @larissawaters]

#estimates APSC: a 6% gender pay gap exists and work is commencing with one staffer analysing data to understand why, due by January 2023. Results will be made public (since I asked for it to be). #auspol

[Nick Moir @nampix]

100,000 meg release from Wyangala Dam. Evacuation warnings downstream at Cowra. @nampix for @smh

[Canberra Times @canberratimes]

Specialist intelligence roles are remaining empty as security clearance wait times stretch well beyond a year, the head of Australia's spy watchdog has warned | @sbasfordcanales https://t.co/fXPKpsPbOg

[Canberra Times @canberratimes]

The government is growing public service staffing to its highest level in a decade. https://t.co/p0wmPF26UK

[Canberra Times @canberratimes]

Here's what you need to know from the 2022 federal budget | @dougdingwall
https://t.co/y0CnXMX5I7

[Canberra Times @canberratimes]

Labor's first budget since regaining power signals a major expansion of the public service, showing staffing levels growing by 8000 and ranks of agencies increasing across the bureaucracy | @dougdingwall https://t.co/F6s8eeHZrS

[The Public Sector Informant @PSInformant]

Labor's first budget since regaining power signals a major expansion of the public service, showing staffing levels growing by 8000 and ranks of agencies increasing across the bureaucracy | @dougdingwall https://t.co/zY4ZYgkWGF

[Markus 🎲 @MarkusMannheim]

Public housing is declining as a share of all Canberra dwellings.

This is the distribution of public housing in ACT suburbs over time (the lines are medians). The average suburban share is shrinking: 6.5% in 2006, down to 4.4% last year.

[Canberra Times @canberratimes]

Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a very high chance of showers and a top of 19 degrees. Here's today's front page featuring @SenKatyG rules out waiving the ACT housing debt, via @D_JervisBardy, and crack down on APS outsourcing, from @dougdingwall.

[Canberra Times @canberratimes]

The new figures detail the $6.5 billion in budget increases, and about 97 years' worth of delays. | @dougdingwall https://t.co/uWrVdtvrFI

[Canberra Times @canberratimes]

Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a partly cloudy day with a top of 17 degrees. Here's today's front page, with stories from @dougdingwall and @b_levinson
https://t.co/vnjHUwuByB

[Canberra Times @canberratimes]

Public servants will receive a 3 per cent boost to their pay packets as the federal government looks to give itself more time to establish a bureaucracy-wide wage deal. | @sbasfordcanales https://t.co/oZ5Pk88pC5

[Canberra Times @canberratimes]

Australia's chief medical officer has warned the pandemic is not over and more peaks in COVID infections are likely, as national cabinet responded to a dip in virus transmissions by lifting mandatory isolation requirements. | @dougdingwall @harleyd https://t.co/cKWYZtXeRI

[Canberra Times @canberratimes]

Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a top of 15 degrees and a shower or two today. Here's the front page, featuring a Kambah pool rescue, via @soofiatariq, and the end of iso from @dougdingwall and @harleyd
https://t.co/vnjHUwMcXb

[𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝙿𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 📰 @ukpapers]

🇦🇺 Memorial Relents On Frontier Wars

▫Veterans' Affairs Minister Matt Keogh says War Memorial will expand recognition of frontier conflicts
▫@dougdingwall 🇦🇺

@canberratimes #frontpagestoday #Australia 📰

[Canberra Times @canberratimes]

Staff at the federal agency tasked with improving the quality and safety of NDIS services are being overworked and want to leave their employer, according to results from an employee survey. | @dougdingwall https://t.co/wE3cKOelFs