Question Time Briefs to the Minister for the Public Service from 23 July 2025 – 31 July 2025

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This release comprises fifteen Question Time briefs prepared for the Minister for the Public Service between 23 and 31 July 2025, each with a headline response, facts and figures, and talking points. Topics include APS Reform, which is 59 initiatives with 48 (82%) complete or being delivered; workplace relations, with 103 APS agreements approved by the Fair Work Commission by 9 May 2024 and expiring February 2027; and board appointments, CALD representation, and gender in the APS. Consultants and contractors are covered, citing the Strategic Commissioning Framework and the Government's $5.3 billion savings target on external labour and non-wage expenses from 2022-23 to 2028-29. Integrity briefs address an ANAO audit of the APSC's integrity functions, agency investigations, recordkeeping and encrypted messaging, and Robodebt. Remuneration briefs set out Secretary pay bands, and one brief covers the recent Secretary appointment of Mr Kaiser to DCCEEW. Sexual harassment and SES training outside Canberra are also addressed. The excerpt does not show any Code of Conduct findings.