DHS staff escalate pay fight with two weeks' strike action

Doug Dingwall
Updated April 13 2017 - 10:52am, first published 10:44am
Department of Human Services staff will begin two weeks of strikes on Thursday.  Photo: Marina Neil
Department of Human Services staff will begin two weeks of strikes on Thursday. Photo: Marina Neil

Public servants at Centrelink, Medicare and Child Support will up the stakes in their long-running fight with the Department of Human Services over pay and conditions, starting two weeks of rolling strikes on Thursday. 

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Doug Dingwall

Doug Dingwall

Parliamentary bureau chief

Doug Dingwall is The Canberra Times' parliamentary bureau chief. He writes about government and federal politics, and has an interest in integrity, industrial relations and foreign affairs. Previously he worked at The Examiner in Launceston, where he won a Tasmanian Human Rights Award for his reporting. Contact him on doug.dingwall@canberratimes.com.au

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