'Too many tasks': What the stressed-out staff at this agency think of their bosses

Staff at an extra-small agency are stressed out, according to a snapshot of its 2026 APS employee census results.

Staff at the Parliamentary Budget Office are stressed out. Pictures Shutterstock

Asked how often they found their work stressful, staff at the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) answered "sometimes" or "often" (63 per cent and 23 per cent), with a quarter saying they felt "burned out by my work" (15 per cent agreed, with a further 10 per cent saying they "strongly agreed").