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Immigration Daily News Dozens of top DIBP senior managers and some 100 middle managers to get the sack in February
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Dozens of top DIBP senior managers and some 100 middle managers to get the sack in February
Up to 25 senior managers at the Immigration Department will learn the news of their sackings within weeks, DIBP has confirmed. In addition to the purge of the top ranks, about 100 of Immigration's 530 middle managers at Executive Level 2 classification are expected to be clearing out their desks by the end of 2015, according to a report in The Canberra Times.
DIBPs new boss, Mike Pezzullo is expected to personally decide who exactly he will sack next month as part of the department of immigration’s merger with Customs.
“Insiders expect the casualties to be heaviest at Immigration as part of what is being called the "Customisation" of the department and a "reverse takeover" by the smaller Customs agency” states The Canberra Times.
A departmental spokeswoman told The Canberra Times."SES staff in both the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Customs and Border Protection have been engaged in an ongoing process of assessment and feedback,"
"The future organisation structure and placement of staff is in development and will be communicated with the SES in early February
According to The Canberra Times, immigration's staff headcount shrank by 600 last year but the number of senior executives, who earn between $162,000 and $310,000, remained steady at 119.
Customs reduced its headcount by about 158 in 2013-14 but the ranks of senior executives swelled from 59 to 65, despite undergoing its own transition process during the year.Senior executives at Customs earn between $147,000 and $283,000 a year, although they may benefit from performance bonus payments not available to their counterparts at Immigration.
It was recently reported that some 8500 public servants at the Immigration Department faced random or targeted breathalysing and drug testing in their offices under a tough new workplace regime. DIBP officers were also told that they must dob-in colleagues they suspect of misconduct, even if it occurs away from the workplace. There will also be a crackdown on second jobs, social media use and sloppy appearances among the department's public servants, as the Customs agency hierarchy tightens its grip on Immigration.
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Thursday, 22 January 2015Great, that will definitely speed processing up!!!!
Can we as agents lodge a suggested list of officers to Mr Pezzulo!
Guys you might be interested to read about his brother's antics. See http://www.smh.com.au/national/brother-of-customs-boss-to-be-sentenced-20140609-39t8o.html.
this was before Pezullo became head of the DIBP.
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Perhaps that explains the return to the "bad old days" when you could not communicate with a case officer and found case officers contacting your client without advising the agent and promising their application is moving along and contact will be made for interview. I very stressful 10 months apart for a married couple, during that time the sponsor has been in hospital for an operation, without support of her husband.
Not a good look DIBP.