First Commonwealth data fellows named News The federal government has announced the first five members of its new data fellowship program, which will help government improve its skills base in data-driven policy and
Why CSIRO jobs had to go: Marshall's 'riskier science' September 20, 2016 By The Mandarin Energy & Environment Freeing up resources at CSIRO from cut areas like climate change will enable the Commonwealth’s science research agency to reinvest $52 million over the next
APS advised on Fair Work ruling as protracted pay talks face further delay September 12, 2016 By Stephen Easton News Federal agencies still in enterprise bargaining should take note of last week’s Fair Work Commission ruling and review their current notices of employee rights, but
What is a smart city? Shared vision needed to align 'jumbled mess' August 19, 2016 By Stephen Easton Features The smart city is supposed to be a unifying concept, all about linking up emergent applications of open data and the internet of things to
Big blue builds new national cybersecurity centre in Canberra June 29, 2016 By Tom Burton News IBM is establishing a National Cyber Security Centre in Canberra (NCSC) to foster greater collaboration with government and business. The centre is to be led
Antarctic strategy positive but CSIRO cuts leave cracks in ice research May 26, 2016 By Stephen Easton Energy & Environment Antarctica expert Tony Press is rather impressed with the response to the 20-year strategic plan he produced in 2014 for the Department of the Environment,
Australia's Data61 teams up with UK's CyLon to 'accelerate' cybersecurity April 4, 2016 By Stephen Easton News The CSIRO’s number-crunching arm, Data61, wants to make Australia a “regional powerhouse in cybersecurity” in partnership with Cyber London, a British start-up incubator focused on
Tom Burton: risk the elephant left in innovation room December 7, 2015 By Tom Burton Features For government agencies and their officials, the key message of today’s Innovation and Science Agenda — if it wasn’t already obvious — is that business
New 'open by default' public data policy just the beginning December 7, 2015 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Data can fuel innovation, improve service delivery and underpin genuine evidence-based policy — but public servants aren’t remembering to make it available. A new 18-month
CSIRO hits the accelerator with in-house start-ups November 2, 2015 By Stephen Easton News Nine small teams of CSIRO staff could become some of Australia’s next tech start-ups after they emerge from the research agency’s new start-up accelerator this
CSIRO, CASA and the City of Glen Eira show how annual reporting is done June 22, 2015 By Stephen Easton Jurisdiction The CSIRO has taken out the top prize in the government category of the 2015 Australasian Reporting Awards for its most recent annual report. The
APS union campaign escalates, but does it have the firepower to win? March 30, 2015 By Stephen Easton Features The union campaign to force a change in the Abbott government’s efficiency-linked enterprise bargaining policy is ramping up but despite a couple of minor victories, it’s
CSIRO boss talks restructure, staff culture at besieged science body March 11, 2015 By The Mandarin News The national science agency and its staff have a “missionary passion” that is less like a public service body and more like a start-up culture,
