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• Telstra plans redundancies in wholesale business

  Telstra plans to cut 133 positions across its wholesale team but says it will also create 38 new roles.

• True cost of government IT outsourcing scrutinised

  The Community and Public Sector Union and the government’s former digital chief have warned that aggressive ICT outsourcing has led to agencies being left at the mercy of external vendors.

• Govt digital transformation should focus on better services, not cost cutting: Union

  The federal government should stop focusing on “digital transformation” primarily as a means of generating savings as opposed to delivering better services, according to the Community and Public Sector Union.

• Government ICT outsourcing slammed

  The Community and Public Sector Union has blamed decades of outsourcing and an emphasis on cost cuttings for a string of high-profile government IT failures.

• Union slams DHS decision to outsource call centres to Telstra

  The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) fears up to 7000 call centre jobs across Australia are at risk following the Department of Human Services’ (DHS) decision to outsource Medicare and Centrelink call centre work to Telstra.

• Updated: Telstra won't backdate postponed pay increases

  Telstra will not backdate any pay increases awarded to employees in its Consumer and Country Wide divisions following a six month postponement of remuneration reviews last October.

• Telstra in the dark on job cuts

  Telstra has denied allegations up to 6000 staff will be made redundant or cut through natural attrition over the next three years, but remains unaware of the total number to be cut in the next financial year.

• Telstra holds the line on staff pay negotiations

  Telstra has refused to budge on its decision to withhold pay increases for staff, despite [[artnid:360749|meeting with the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) yesterday to discuss the matter|new]].

• Telstra staff face six month pay rise wait

  Telstra's (ASX:TLS) Consumer Division staff will have to wait at least six months before their claim to a pay increase is considered, the telco has confirmed.

• CPSU won't rule out Telstra strike action

  The union representing Telstra employees has not ruled out strike action despite a number of small gains in its ongoing enterprise bargaining agreement negotiations with the telco.