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Government as a Platform: the foundation for Digital Government and Gov 2.0

Government as a Platform: the foundation for Digital Government and Gov 2.0

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Pia Andrews explains the idea of “Government as a Platform”, commonly known as GaaP, including the benefits, challenges and how you could apply it in…

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Thursday October 24, 2019
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How the award winning YourSAy platform works to better engage South Australians. By realising scale efficiencies it helps agencies reach wide
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How the award winning YourSAy platform works to better engage South Australians. By realising scale efficiencies it helps agencies reach wide

Tuesday October 15, 2019

By Victoria Draudins

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Nearly 10 years since the launch of YourSAy, the platform now facilitates an average of 65 campaigns per year for an enviable 117k users —…

Departmental media staff have an important job to do, but have been muzzled. Inside the public service, information spinners have stopped. Here’s how it happened
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Departmental media staff have an important job to do, but have been muzzled. Inside the public service, information spinners have stopped. Here’s how it happened

Tuesday September 17, 2019

By Bernard Keane & Jennine Khalik

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Public affairs teams can range from a single person to massive teams of people. Their work and experience in government is very different to most…

The media loves a good bureaucrat beat-up. Don’t be a victim: these are the mistakes public servants make with journalists
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The media loves a good bureaucrat beat-up. Don’t be a victim: these are the mistakes public servants make with journalists

Tuesday September 10, 2019

By Harley Dennett

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When the clock is ticking towards a publication deadline you need to ask yourself: is my department undertaking the most valuable effort it can in…

Mark McGowan: the 12 targets that will define my job as WA Premier

Mark McGowan: the 12 targets that will define my job as WA Premier

Thursday February 21, 2019

By Mark McGowan

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By setting these targets, my government will be held to account on its performance. We are ready to meet this challenge.

Trust in government on the rise, says 2019 Edelman survey

Trust in government on the rise, says 2019 Edelman survey

Tuesday January 29, 2019

By David Donaldson

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Australians' trust in government has grown more quickly than most countries this year, bucking a recent downward trend.

Lessons from the hill: Steven Kennedy’s ‘secret list’ of questions to ask yourself during a briefing

Lessons from the hill: Steven Kennedy’s ‘secret list’ of questions to ask yourself during a briefing

Tuesday November 20, 2018

By Harley Dennett

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Dr Steven Kennedy, one of Australia's most senior public servants, has twice been seconded to the Prime Minister's Office — picking up a few tricks…

Privacy and security at the heart of the government's digital identity program

Privacy and security at the heart of the government's digital identity program

Monday November 12, 2018

By Michael Keenan

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Extensive work has been done to ensure that the privacy and security of users has been built into the very heart of myGovID, says Human…

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Federal ICAC back on the agenda in federal parliament

Federal ICAC back on the agenda in federal parliament

Monday October 29, 2018

By Stephen Easton

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With the Morrison government losing its lower-house majority, Attorney-General Christian Porter is ready to discuss ways to strengthen the Commonwealth public sector integrity system.

Canberra 'too remote' from most Australians, says de Brouwer

Canberra 'too remote' from most Australians, says de Brouwer

Wednesday October 24, 2018

By David Donaldson

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Government risks becoming separated from the people, warn a group of mandarins, as policy and service functions move apart.

Leading in tough times, with Obama's stimulus boss Edward DeSeve

Leading in tough times, with Obama's stimulus boss Edward DeSeve

Tuesday October 16, 2018

By David Donaldson

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Edward DeSeve was at the forefront of the US response to the GFC. He discusses the importance of using the tried pathways "wherever you can"…

Searching for Democracy 2.0 without losing Democracy 1.0

Searching for Democracy 2.0 without losing Democracy 1.0

Monday October 15, 2018

By Tom Gerald Daly

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Reimagining and safeguarding democracy, while charting a course between alarmism and complacency, requires new ways of thinking.

Getting 'real': why political leaders want to connect informally with everyday people

Getting 'real': why political leaders want to connect informally with everyday people

Thursday September 13, 2018

By Carolyn M Hendriks & Jennifer Lees-Marshment

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The call for politicians to ‘get real’ and ‘go public’ is more than just about winning elections.

From walk to talk: academics and practitioners join forces for public policy learning

From walk to talk: academics and practitioners join forces for public policy learning

Monday September 10, 2018

By David Threlfall

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ANZSOG chief of staff David Threlfall explores how our public service practitioners access and respond to academic policy frameworks. How did you learn to do…

Unconventional order sends public sector apolitical convention to life support

Unconventional order sends public sector apolitical convention to life support

Wednesday September 5, 2018

By Harley Dennett

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UPDATED: Accusations that threaten the reputation of an apolitical public sector have again been levelled at the Victorian government after internal deliberations of the previous…

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