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Agency: Australian Taxation Office

• Vacancy: VN-0763369 APS Level 5, Frontline Operations Specialist
• Type of review: Application under section 23 of the Public Service Regulations 2023
• Date finalised: 30 March 2026
• Outcome: The Merit Protection Commissioner has completed its review of this selection exercise and promotion decision. The promotion decision will proceed, and the merit pool may be used for similar vacancies.
• Any promotion decisions arising from this selection exercise are no longer eligible for review.

Agency: Australian Taxation Office

• Vacancy: VN-0762855 APS Level 6, Frontline Operations Leader
• Type of review: Application under section 23 of the Public Service Regulations 2023
• Date finalised: 19 March 2026
• Outcome: The Merit Protection Commissioner has completed its review of this selection exercise and promotion decision. The promotion decision will proceed, and the merit pool may be used for similar vacancies.
• Any promotion decisions arising from this selection exercise are no longer eligible for review.  

Agency: Department of Defence

• Vacancy: VN-0764732 Human Resources Officer
• Type of review: Application under section 23 of the Public Service Regulations 2023
• Date finalised:  16 March 2026
• Outcome: The Merit Protection Commissioner found this selection exercise was not merit based and that non-compliance was material to the outcome.  On that basis the
  • promotion decision has been set aside, and
  • merit pool should not be used to fill a vacancy.

Agency: Department of Home Affairs 

• Vacancy: VN-0757103 APS Level 5, Immigration Group – various positions
• Type of review: Application under section 23 of the Public Service Regulations 2023
• Date finalised: 22 October 2025
• Outcome: The Merit Protection Commissioner has completed its review of this selection exercise and promotion decision. The promotion decision will proceed, and the merit pool may be used for similar vacancies.
• Any promotion decisions arising from this selection exercise are no longer eligible for review.  

Agency: Australian Taxation Office

• Vacancy: VN-0758244 APS Level 4, Tax Officer
• Type of review: Application under section 23 of the Public Service Regulations 2023
• Date finalised: 19 November 2025
• Outcome: The Merit Protection Commissioner has completed its review of this selection exercise and promotion decision. The promotion decision will proceed, and the merit pool may be used for similar vacancies.
• Any promotion decisions arising from this selection exercise are no longer eligible for review.  

Agency: Australian Electoral Commission

• Vacancy: VN 0761448 APS Level 6, Senior Project Officer
• Type of review: Application under section 23 of the Public Service Regulations 2023
• Date finalised: 20 November 2025
• Outcome: The Merit Protection Commissioner has completed its review of this selection exercise and promotion decision. The promotion decision will proceed, and the merit pool may be used for similar vacancies.
• Any promotion decisions arising from this selection exercise are no longer eligible for review.

Agency: Department of Home Affairs

• Vacancy: VN-0756372 APS Level 6, Border Force Supervisor
• Type of review: Own motion review
• Date finalised: 11 December 2025
• Outcome: The Merit Protection Commissioner has completed its own motion review of this selection exercise and promotion decision. The process was found to have met the requirements of a merit-based selection exercise.
• Any other promotion decisions arising from this selection exercise are no longer eligible for review.