Australian public sector organisations shone once again at this year's Australasian Reporting Awards, a 65-year-old institution that supports high standards of accountability and good governance.

DFAT's first ideas challenge has led to a proposal for document-free travel to New Zealand. Similar digital collaboration initiatives taking place in jurisdictions around Australia…

While debate rages about how to improve STEM teaching and whether to make maths compulsory, a report argues Australia should resist the siren call of…

Should public servants consider cultural impact when developing policies? Julianne Schultz says cultural policy has been undervalued, but combating Australia's cultural deficit has been stymied…

It sounds like a great open data idea: 5.8 million frames of our national history on microfilm -- currently gathering dust -- becoming accessible to…

A lot of hard slog in the name of government accountability was recognised last night at the Institute for Public Administration's annual report awards.

One of the world's most digitally advanced governments, Estonia put all of its public services online over a decade ago. Its CIO, Taavi Kotka, says…

Experts say the Australian public sector is a digital laggard. Almost two-thirds of organisations said they did not believe their leadership team has the skills…

The cautionary examples of charities regulators in the UK and NZ show the ACNC's stay of execution is no licence to relax. Fulfilling its purpose…

It aims to be a 500-day digital sprint, instead of a slog, as the Digital Transformation Office launches this week. A star performer has been…

Australia may not be a "laggard" in the digital space, but the DTO could be the best opportunity we have had in a long time…

There are too many perverse incentives and a lack of coordination in Australia's healthcare system, Medibank boss George Savvides told a CEDA forum yesterday.