Backing the strengths of Aboriginal young people 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… Read more
Economic profit impossible if the Murray-Darling keeps eroding Tuesday March 12, 2019 By Geoff Edwards Editors' Picks Dr Geoff Edwards discusses balancing economic, social and environmental outcomes of the Murray-Darling river. Read more
What economic reform thinking might have looked like – if we’d bothered to do it Friday March 8, 2019 By Martin Wolf & Nicholas Gruen Economy & Industry This is a transcript, albeit a bit rough, of a discussion between famed UK economist and Financial Times journalist Martin Wolf and Australian economist and… Read more
Primary Health Networks caught between a rock and a hard place Friday 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… Read more
Designing public procurement policies to benefit regional economies Friday March 8, 2019 By Kylie Bourne Economy & Industry Lessons are there to be learned when it comes to emerging practices and mitigation of risks associated with poorly designed public procurement policies. Read more
An innovative step toward truly empowered citizen governance Wednesday 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… Read more
'Stop watching the West Wing': rethinking how we do government Wednesday 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. Read more
You make decisions quicker and based on less information than you think Tuesday 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. Read more
Consumers, not companies, are the priority of data governance Tuesday March 5, 2019 By Lauren Solomon Communications & Technology Lauren Solomon calls for the best minds from a range of sectors to determine the path Australia will take in an AI and machine-learning world,… Read more
The four Cs that turn good leadership into great leadership Monday March 4, 2019 By Michael Pratt Editors' Picks Customer-centric leadership is the key to managing through all kinds of challenges, writes the Secretary of NSW Treasury. Four self-development principles are the gateway to… Read more
Be a clever leader, not just an intelligent one, says Maori Development boss Michelle Hippolite Friday March 1, 2019 By David Donaldson Editors' Picks Michelle Hippolite is often asked what it's like being a Maori woman leader. She talks connecting the head and heart, Maori ideas about leadership, and… Read more
From #censusfail to survey by mail: what's so innovative about a national postal vote? Friday 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… Read more
Australians want to support government data sharing, but have trust issues Thursday February 28, 2019 By Nicholas Biddle & Matthew Gray Community & Social A new survey reveals community attitudes towards the use of personal data by government and researchers. Read more
What can Australian public servants learn from the UK's new Outsourcing Playbook? Thursday February 28, 2019 By Stephen Easton Editors' Picks Can Australian public sector outsourcing practices prevent Paladin becoming its Carillion moment? A new Outsourcing Playbook offers lessons from failure. Read more
People and issues outside our big cities are diverse, but these priorities stand out Thursday February 28, 2019 By Stewart Lockie Editors' Picks Rural and regional Australia is a big and diverse place, but some broad common issues do emerge as policy priorities. Read more
