Transport for NSW to trial AI in security cameras to increase women’s safety Monday August 31, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The New South Wales Transport department plans to trial a range of ideas to prevent violence against women travelling at night in Greater Sydney, including… Read more
Transport for NSW boss proposes further restructures Monday June 29, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales The New South Wales government’s main transport department could absorb corporate roles from two smaller organisations just months after the agencies experienced a major restructure. Read more
SA trials Uber-style bus service Tuesday January 14, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales Mount Barker and the Barossa are the first regions in South Australia to test a state-funded on-demand bus service. The six-month trial — which began… Read more
Premium Case studies How NSW’s Smart Innovation Centre stayed on the right side of cutting edge technologies to deliver a whole-of-government electric vehicle plan Tuesday January 14, 2020 By Victoria Draudins New South Wales One of the last things a government wants to do is to stop markets from innovating. But figuring out what role government should play when… Read more
Major NSW transport exec reshuffle to be finalised next month Thursday November 21, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales A major restructure of New South Wales’ transport agencies has led to a spill of at least 25 senior management roles, with decisions to be… Read more
NSW Premier’s Awards 2019: top efforts to solve ‘complex and important challenges’ Friday November 8, 2019 By Stephen Easton New South Wales The New The 2019 Premier’s Awards ceremony was held in Sydney last night, recognising the exceptional work being done by individuals and teams in the… Read more
Premium Case studies Information is power and it’s time to share: from exploring the human genome to managing Sydney’s congested roads, cloud-computing is helping democratise data and its analysis Friday November 8, 2019 By Stephen Easton Case studies Two case studies from vastly different fields of work – one related to cutting-edge medical science and the other about easing the pain of Sydney’s… Read more
Premium Expert briefings Opening up data has transformed service delivery. It lets us reframe the conversation about how services could be delivered simply through better access to information Thursday August 15, 2019 By Allan Barger Communications & Technology Allan Barger discusses how vast amounts of information being opened up creates new opportunities for combining data from multiple providers to create a diversity of options… Read more
NSW shake-up: Berejiklian only wants to see her cabinet every two weeks Monday April 15, 2019 By Stephen Easton New South Wales After New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian's post-election cabinet's first meeting today, it might not convene again for a fortnight. Read more
Promoted Public sector CIOs deliver the straight talk on digital transformation challenges Thursday November 16, 2017 By The Mandarin Career Advice Forget buzzwords and hype around digital transformation in government. What counts is the frank, fearless and lived experiences of those now making the journey. Read more
Can Reardon transport success to DPC? Monday November 13, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski News ANALYSIS: Take a look at the clear messaging and applied science behind Sydney's mass transit management, and the rationale for putting a transport wonk… Read more
NSW chief Blair Comley leaves top job as Transport's Tim Reardon ascends Friday November 10, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski News There's changing of the guard in the New South Wales public service with head of the service, Blair Comley, leaving after three years. Read more
Sydney moves to 'on demand' small scale public transit. But will it work? Thursday August 17, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Features Uber style mini buses for the suburbs are just the start of Sydney's looming public transport shake-up. Read more
Contractor Central rescuing NSW from temp worker cost overload Thursday April 27, 2017 By Harley Dennett News New South Wales has doubled its temp workers under the Coalition — and couldn't justify value for the extra $600m cost. Also, Margaret Crawford has… Read more
Data visualisation can be the picture worth a thousand slogans Tuesday April 18, 2017 By The Mandarin Features They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But when it comes to 21st century government, making data visual, accessible and practical is worth a… Read more
