Australians want to support government data sharing, but have trust issues Community & Social A new survey reveals community attitudes towards the use of personal data by government and researchers. Never has more data been held about us by
People and issues outside our big cities are diverse, but these priorities stand out February 28, 2019 By Stewart Lockie Editors' Picks Rural and regional Australia is a big place – too big to be contained in one rural policy or represented by a single political party.
We need to talk about ministerial control, says APS Review panellist February 27, 2019 By David Donaldson Editors' Picks Ministers, decentralised pay, secretaries cloning themselves — a panel discussion on public sector reform gave an insight into what the APS Review might hold. Australia
Medicalisation-nation: Australia’s growing public policy dependence on drugs February 26, 2019 By Brenton Prosser Editors' Picks Recent media reports have revealed concerns around the overuse of drugs to ‘treat’ older Australians, children with behaviourial issues, loneliness, and the process of childbirth.
It’s not just Huawei that we need to worry about February 25, 2019 By Darryl Carlton Communications & Technology Can we expect honesty and transparency when it comes to what the US government is telling us about Huawei? There has been a lot of
Huawei or the highway? The rising costs of New Zealand’s relationship with China February 25, 2019 By David Belgrave Editors' Picks Until recently, New Zealand’s relationship with China has been easy and at little cost to Wellington. But those days are probably over. New Zealand’s decision to
Workplace bullying in the #MeToo era February 25, 2019 By The University of Melbourne Career Advice Workplace bullying creates a toxic environment, but the #MeToo movement is highlighting the drivers of abuse that women experience at work. Workplace bullying. Chances are
Why the disruption-fit leader is crucial to every organisation February 22, 2019 By Marco Mancesti Career Advice Three ways today’s managers can stay ahead of change. Marco Mancesti proposes a framework for how leaders can remain grounded amidst disruption. In management thinking circles
Murray-Darling Basin bipartisanship: not new, not strong February 20, 2019 By Scott Hamilton & Stuart Kells Editors' Picks Water provides many examples of how politics can get in the way of good policy, and how Australia’s federal system sometimes supports and sometimes derails
Four lessons from 11 years of Closing the Gap reports February 20, 2019 By Nicholas Biddle Community & Social Some targets seem easier to meet than others, while some are just plain unreliable. Here are four things we’ve learnt from the last decade of
Whistleblowing reforms show the hopes and risks for Australian politics February 19, 2019 By A J Brown Economy & Industry Today’s overhaul of private sector whistleblower protections provides a glimmer of hope for the strong, bipartisan integrity reforms Australia needs… if and when we are
When a conversation is not a conversation: party political discourse in the early 21st century February 19, 2019 By Nicholas Gruen Editors' Picks It looks like liberal democracy is falling apart. But we can put it back together if we take democracy seriously enough — as seriously as
A state actor has targeted Australian political parties – but that shouldn't surprise us February 19, 2019 By Tom Sear Communications & Technology For many of us, this hack seems to have come out of the blue. But cyber measures targeting Australian government infrastructure are the ‘new normal’.
Expanding urban sprawl: Melbourne is getting the mix wrong February 18, 2019 By David Donaldson Community & Social Victoria’s obsession with urban sprawl means a constant supply of cheap new housing without angering existing residents. But while it’s politically easy, there are big
