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Who wants to be a whistleblower? Public servants keep quiet fearing reprisals and the ‘un-Australian’ tag

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The anti-corruption commissioners in Darwin and Adelaide are both worried that public servants are too reluctant to tell them about misconduct and maladministration, while in…

The future of service delivery isn’t in websites or apps — planning for personal AIs

By Pia Andrews

Communications & Technology

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When you’ve got a case of policy-based evidence rather than evidence-based policy — and other service-delivery challenges

By Verona Burgess

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Following America’s own robodebt scandal, New Mexico took a different path to tackling welfare fraud. It was just the ticket

By David Donaldson

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NDIA staffing boost and new CEO draws cautious optimism from stakeholders, snark from opposition

By Stephen Easton

Community & Social

It seems one can question the algorithms: NZ drafts charter for data ethics in the public sector

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

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ATO responds to press freedom campaign

By Shannon Jenkins

‘Crucial accountability agency’ faces review after push from mining lobby

By Shannon Jenkins

PM&C releases strategy to empower Indigenous businesses

By Shannon Jenkins

Nothin’ suss: Defence denies ‘nepotism’ accusation in limited-tender procurement deal

By Stephen Easton

DTA to launch cloud marketplace in 2020

By Shannon Jenkins

Bureaucratic secrecy under fire in Tas, SA

By Shannon Jenkins

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A criminal asked to design Australia’s anti-money laundering laws would probably keep the ones we’ve got

By Ronald F Pol

Australia has plenty of gas, but our bills are ridiculous. The market is broken

By Samantha Hepburn

Our ability to manufacture minerals could transform the gem market, medical industries and even help suck carbon from the air

By Anita Parbhakar-Fox

Why white married women are more likely to vote for conservative parties

By Leah Ruppanner

Might consciousness and free will be the aces up our sleeves when it comes to competing with robots?

By Allan McCay

Participatory public governance: why we need it, what it is, and how to do it (in that order)

By Pia Andrews

Empower women to thrive in business

By Konnect Learning

The anatomy of digital risk in government

By RSA

The value in government libraries

By The Australian Library and Information Association

An augmented workforce is not new, but it does require some thinking about

By Synergy

Trust and transparency, in search of a catalyst for openness

By Sonya Sherman

Breastmilk, parliament and an office for men

By Criterion Conferences

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Who wants to be a whistleblower? Public servants keep quiet fearing reprisals and the ‘un-Australian’ tag

The future of service delivery isn’t in websites or apps — planning for personal AIs

When you’ve got a case of policy-based evidence rather than evidence-based policy — and other service-delivery challenges

Following America’s own robodebt scandal, New Mexico took a different path to tackling welfare fraud. It was just the ticket

NDIA staffing boost and new CEO draws cautious optimism from stakeholders, snark from opposition

It seems one can question the algorithms: NZ drafts charter for data ethics in the public sector