Nationwide industrial action will affect Ballarat Service Centre and Child Support phone services on Friday and next week, the Department of Human Services says.
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Centrelink, Medicare and Child Support Services staff are striking over three days, on Friday this week and Monday and Friday next week, in protest against the federal government’s public sector bargaining policy.
DHS is encouraging people to defer non-urgent to non-strike days. Customer payments will not be affected.
Industrial action