About the author Chief Production & Subeditor Felicity Neale is The Mandarin's Production Chief and Subeditor. Her previous experience was with Standard & Poor's and investment banks. She's based in Melbourne.
Brazen Hussies: women seeing then what was unseeable before Monday March 22, 2021 By Felicity Neale Community & Social 'Brazen Hussies' shows the birth of Australian women's rights in the 1970s. Women have a raging bushfire of purpose and resolve.
Have we just stumbled on the biggest productivity increase of the century? Sunday September 6, 2020 By John Quiggin Economy & Industry The unplanned experiment we have been forced to undertake suggests we might have stumbled upon a massive opportunity for a microeconomic reform, yielding benefits far…
Premium Insights and analysis From government policy to algorithms to medical research focus — where are the women? A review of Caroline Criado Perez’s ‘Invisible Women’ Thursday October 31, 2019 By Felicity Neale Community & Social The citizen-female experience has never been especially solicited during data-gathering, or later disaggregated from the data pool — because it has never even been suspected…
A national drought policy should be an easy, bipartisan fix. So why has it taken so long to enact a new one? Thursday October 10, 2019 By Linda Botterill Editors' Picks In a country as dry as Australia, surely it is a no-brainer that we have in place a coordinated, national drought response that can be…
Regulatory capture: did we need a royal commission to bust it wide open? Adele Ferguson says you can bank on it Thursday October 3, 2019 By Felicity Neale Economy & Industry It’s a classic tale of villains, victims, and heroes. Greedy bankers, brainwashed salespeople, exploited innocents, and a brave few who broke away to flip the…
Counting costs ad nauseam: the digital dream dilemma Monday February 26, 2018 By Felicity Neale Engagement How do you measure engagement success? The Mandarin's associate publisher Alun Probert says the same stringent gateway reviews should apply to return on investment for…
What's the real secret to effective engagement? Wednesday February 14, 2018 By Felicity Neale Communications & Technology The way government gets its message across is shifting quickly and irrevocably, especially as digital as a channel becomes the default media setting. Alun Probert…
Where next for digital transformation in government? Wednesday December 7, 2016 By Felicity Neale Features Paul Shetler gave Canberra a kick-start to embrace not just digital but the 'customer-first' approach. After Shetler, the DTA will move from outside disrupter to…
If not for peace, why does Australia favour rules-based global order? Thursday September 15, 2016 By Felicity Neale Defence Australia has not been shy about supporting conflicts without the blessing of international institutions. So what does it mean if our foreign policy is based…
Why 'digital' isn't the economy — avoid the common transformation pitfall Thursday September 8, 2016 By Felicity Neale Features Don't transform public service delivery because "digital" is the word of the day — do it because it's better.
Could a different communications message have made a difference? Thursday August 11, 2016 By Felicity Neale Features Some days working in communications in government can be tough. Yesterday was definitely one of those days.
Millions of visitors, a handful of comments: why engagement falls flat Friday July 8, 2016 By Felicity Neale Engagement Governments have never been so enthusiastic about engagement, but it's debatable whether those efforts attract more than just the usual suspects. Here are five cost-free…
The foolproof way to measure social media vs the 3-second brush-off Thursday June 9, 2016 By Felicity Neale Engagement ALL THINGS P: Many of the problems organisations face in measuring social media started with the mistaken view that publishing on Facebook and Twitter…
Air Force encouraged experimentation failure and turned it into success Thursday March 31, 2016 By Felicity Neale Case studies CASE STUDY: A year ago Air Force launched Plan Jericho expecting better collaboration with others. Tolerance of failure didn't come easily, but paid off…
Get decision support faster with agile development Thursday December 17, 2015 By Felicity Neale Case studies CASE STUDY: Red tape and a legacy of IT failures have held back tools to help senior managers make decisions about risk. To get…
