Australia's best public sector grad programs, indexed. Public sector agencies generally don’t do enough to explain what working in a government department is really like to students. Read More
Australian Public Service leaders have to work within a strict cap on average staffing levels, even when it seems absurd, but why are independent statutory agencies also applying the limit? Read More
Many agencies integrate disaster and climate “resilience” into their policies, programs and asset management. But that doesn’t mean Australia is any closer to deciding on let alone committing to a long-term policy for handling climate change, says Verona Burgess. Read More
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority says the recent South Australian royal commission produced some “useful analysis and insights” and notes a few “areas of agreement” in its formal response, but argues it would be too risky for governments to follow the inquiry’s main recommendations. Read More
The head of DFAT gives a diplomatic perspective on the recent establishment of the Australian Space Agency while addressing the UN, including the future of multilateral space diplomacy and the creation of rules-based order for the final frontier. Read More
Following its recent research on the pros and cons of blockchains, CSIRO's Data61 unit has formed a consortium with IBM and law firm Herbert Smith Freehills to commercialise smart contracts based on the concept. Read More
It's taken several years into PGPA implementation for a departmental head to push back at prescriptive interpretations. To win this battle, the Treasury boss will need to convince the two independent reviewers set to re-write PGPA rules for agencies. Read More
A group of CSIRO staff who run iconic Tidbinbilla radio telescope dishes near Canberra will stop work for one hour this afternoon, arguing federal government payrise limits should not apply to their NASA-funded jobs. Read More
There is plenty of room for Australia to do better on innovation. The CSIRO is funding science to help build new industries, writes CEO Larry Marshall. Read More
A year since the former NICTA lost its funding base and became Data61, part of the CSIRO, it continues to develop valuable intellectual property while acting as an R&D ecosystem architect, bringing together universities, government and the private sector for mutual benefit. CEO Adrian Turner is riding a wave of global disruption. Read More
Opening the Data61 Live conference in Melbourne, Larry Marshall said we can look for someone to blame for shifts, "and we see that a lot in politics ... or we can stare the challenge in the face and invent a way around it." Read More
The CSIRO's Data 61 unit has reality checked BlockChain evangelists. Will Australian FinTech ever be the same? Read More
Is the march of globalisation slowing down as it turns politically inconvenient? Not in Australia, and not at the CSIRO. Read More
In a bid to boost the Commonwealth's data capacity, the government is offering three month intensive coaching opportunities. Its first five data fellows have been announced. Read More
A new strategic research alliance between the CSIRO and Swisse will build a body of scientific evidence on complementary medicine and help revolutionise the flourishing industry sector. Read More
