The automation, data linkage and digital governance problems facing government agencies Communications & Technology Unaccountable algorithms and out-of-control AI are popular topics of discussion. The more immediate issue, however, is how government agencies will set appropriate boundaries for the
A digital-ready public service: learning from Canada March 14, 2019 By David Donaldson Communications & Technology As in Australia, the Canadian public service is trying to keep up with technological change and changing customer expectations—all while competing with the private sector
Backing the strengths of Aboriginal young people March 13, 2019 By Sandra Eades Culture For Aboriginal people, connection to our country, culture and family can be profoundly healing. But in the many decades we’ve spent working to improve the
Economic profit impossible if the Murray-Darling keeps eroding March 12, 2019 By Geoff Edwards Editors' Picks Dr Geoff Edwards discusses balancing the economic, social and environmental outcomes of the Murray-Darling river. Of all the policies that have obstructed progress on Australia’s journey
What economic reform thinking might have looked like – if we’d bothered to do it March 8, 2019 By Martin Wolf & Nicholas Gruen Economy & Industry This is a transcript, albeit rough, of a discussion between famed UK economist and Financial Times journalist Martin Wolf and Australian economist and public thinker
Primary Health Networks caught between a rock and a hard place March 8, 2019 By Karen Gardner Editors' Picks Primary health networks are intended to improve services at the local level, but recent events suggest political ideology may be lurking behind some matters of
Designing public procurement policies to benefit regional economies March 8, 2019 By Kylie Bourne Economy & Industry While the evidence base is thin, lessons about emerging practices and mitigation of risks associated with poorly designed public procurement policies are there for the
An innovative step toward truly empowered citizen governance March 6, 2019 By Luca Belgiorno-Nettis Editors' Picks A small Belgian city tries out a new governance system that gives 25 Average Joes and Josephines decision-making influence on the management of important social
'Stop watching the West Wing': rethinking how we do government March 6, 2019 By David Donaldson Editors' Picks We should look to the time before managerialism to see what government has lost, argues AIATSIS boss Craig Ritchie. If you had the job of
You make decisions quicker and based on less information than you think March 5, 2019 By Nadav Klein Editors' Picks You probably believe you take a ton of research into account before you make a big choice … but you probably don’t. We live in
Consumers, not companies, are the priority of data governance March 5, 2019 By Lauren Solomon Communications & Technology A lack of unity blights the three processes governing the use of Australian consumers’ online data, says the head of the Consumer Policy Research Centre.
The four Cs that turn good leadership into great leadership March 4, 2019 By Michael Pratt Career Advice Great leaders can steer nations through tremendous turmoil, transform fledging companies into global icons, and inspire real and sustained action. Four self-development principles from the
Be a clever leader, not just an intelligent one, says Maori Development boss Michelle Hippolite March 1, 2019 By David Donaldson Editors' Picks Often asked what it’s like being a Maori woman leader, Michelle Hippolite discusses connecting the head and heart, Maori ideas about leadership, and commitment to the
From #censusfail to survey by mail: what's so innovative about a national postal vote? March 1, 2019 By Stephen Easton Australian Capital Territory A few people scratched their heads last year after hearing the Australian Bureau of Statistics won a public sector innovation award for running the same-sex