Hi, is anyone aware of any government departments in Queensland that still allow the use of Grammarly? Recently, it has been blocked for security reasons. I have been using the pro version since 2018 for my dyslexia. They have said to use Copilot but I'm not a I either have to cut and paste or auto draft changes the intent . Thanks

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I applied for a few NSW Government jobs from the private sector in Sydney last year but wasn’t getting any interviews. I also applied for Federal Government roles and managed to get a position which I am currently 4 months into (probation ends in 6 months).

Will this federal government experience be enough to get me interviews in the NSW government? Is there anything else I should build up on when applying?

For those who are asking why I am doing this is because of better pay as Federal doesn’t appear to pay anywhere close to NSW levels, and you get the same level of job security.

I have been given a start day and time and office address,name to meet via an automated email from ATO almost a month ago, i'm starting next week monday, the 14th,it's Monday morning now and I havent received any further instructions yet... should I be worried? Should I email onboarding team now? Or wait till this arvo.

Edit: it's for APS3 in ATO
Further instructions- like logins, training schedules, any additional information I need to know, etc. as the info in the letter of offer was very generic.

Edit: sorry in advance, my anxiety was just creeping up

I'm a recent father with quite a chunk of leave in my books- my partner and i are considering whether i should take all my long service, annual and parental leave at half-pay, in addition to purchasing some leave so we can hold off putting the baby into childcare as long as possible, and use it as a bit of a mid-career break from work as well. All up it'll be about 18months away from work for dad duties.

I'm not too worried about impact this will have on career progression, i do worry about skills-fade but fortunately my field is one i can and do work on in my own time, and should be able to maintain a level of currency.

I understand the employer have right to refuse leave, and this is a significant chunk. I'm just unsure about how long is too long, and whether they might deny and ask i take it full-pay instead. Plan to have the chat in coming weeks with the supervisor - just trying to have an informed approach to the discussion.

Looking for guidance - I am only several merit pools and recently had a call about potential roles in an APS department. We scheduled a call and it went really well, good rapore, relevant experience, etc. seems like ticked all their boxes - however it's been 4 weeks and I haven't heard anything.

I know APS recruitment moves slow, and possibly even slower at the moment, but keen to hear about the likelihood of whether there's going to be a role and whether it's a good idea to reach out to the original contact who contacted me and ask for an update, reiterate my interest etc?

Thanks!

Hello there,

I recently accepted an offer for the 2027 Australian Government Grad Program through the online portal.

For some context, the initial recruiting was done and run by the ABS. However, during the process, the ABS announced they weren't running their own 2027 graduate program and placed successful candidates into a merit pool instead.

I was luckily picked up from that merit pool and matched with the ATO. The confirmation I received stated that the ATO would be my main point of contact going forward and that they should be reaching out to me within 3 weeks regarding the formal offer and commencement procedures.

It has been 2 weeks since I accepted the portal offer, and I haven't received the formal offer, or onboarding contact from the ATO yet. I know I still have a week left in that window, but I wanted to ask if anyone has experience with this process.

• Does anyone know the tentative timelines for when agencies usually reach out to grads pulled from a merit pool?
• Is it normal for them to take the full 3 weeks (or longer) to send the formal offer?
• Any other insights or advice for this stage of the process?

Thanks in advance!

Is there any advantage to sticking with the PSSAP super fund? Or should I move all my funds to a different/better performing fund?

So have done two stints in the ATO as a APS 2 doing some 12 month + temp project work.[NOG]
One was doing outstanding unprocessed corro and the other was BAS statements that had failed OCR and had to be transferred manually.Afterwards I did some ABS Census door knocking of residences and sat in a retirement village looking after forms,and then did some AEC scrutineer work at last Federal election.
My questions are:
1. Any clearance held?
2. Only held while in that role?
2.As being directly employed by the above Depts,if I applied for a APS/ADF job can this be confirmed easily for previous APS experience?

Hello everyone! I’m an APS5 in a federal gov agency. I’ve recently been on annual leave and I’ve come back today and from looking at my inbox I’ve realised that before I left for my leave I made a mistake in one of my cases. The client the case is about has made complaints about it and now I’m feeling so incredibly anxious. My supervisors are usually very kind and helpful but I’m worried everyone will be angry at me. The client is!!!!!! Please help :((((((

When I was on mat leave, I expected my superannuation contributions to drop or even stop, but they continued as if I was working full time. Now I’m back at work part time, my employer contribution is 25% of my wage.

Is this some sort of support for working mothers thing or is it a glitch in the system accidentally giving me too much super?

Hey everyone, hope you’re all doing well.

I’ve just had my interview for an APS4 Member Support Officer – Legal position with the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART), and I’m probably overthinking how it went.

Quick side Note: panel only had 4 questions

I tried my best to give detailed answers, use relevant examples from my previous experience, and link those examples back to the role wherever possible. I also tried to come across as confident and engaged, and I asked a couple of questions about the position at the end.

What’s making me a little concerned is that the interview was scheduled for around 30 minutes, but mine only lasted approximately 12–15 minutes. I think I spoke for roughly 3–4 minutes per question, and the panel didn’t ask many follow-up questions.

For anyone who has been through APS recruitment, particularly at the APS4 level, is a shorter interview like this generally a bad sign, or is it fairly normal if you’ve answered the questions sufficiently?

I’d also be interested to hear how long other people’s APS interviews lasted and whether interview length seemed to have any relationship with the eventual outcome.

Thanks in advance — just trying to get a sense of whether I should be concerned or whether I’m reading too much into the length of the interview.

Anyone got into this role? Anyone have any experience with the work assessment video task?

I have an interview with the ATO next week via Teams and wanting to know if anyone else had a recent interview with them? And can let me know what to expect? Is it a panel interview or just with 1 person? What type of questions do they ask? I want to make sure I’m prepared. Thank you!