The real story behind the new mobile police and emergency network Features The long battle to secure high-value spectrum to build a dedicated emergency services network for Australian state government police and emergency service operators (ESOs) is
Early lessons from the social investment model in New Zealand September 9, 2016 By Centre for Public Impact Case studies That Australia and New Zealand share many similarities should go without saying. Language, culture, identity – the list goes on. Ours is a relationship of
Andrew Kibblewhite: mastering the art of free and frank advice September 8, 2016 By Andrew Kibblewhite Features As well as talking about free and frank and some other F-words that characterise great advice, I want to discuss what makes the relationship between
Brandis diaries case shows how FoI has been deliberately neglected September 7, 2016 By The Conversation Features Federal Attorney-General George Brandis has lost a two-year bid to keep the summaries of meetings in his ministerial diary from being considered for release under
Gender parity at the top is the goal, state's eight mandarins agree August 12, 2016 By Stephen Easton Jurisdiction Tasmania’s eight department heads have agreed that gender parity in the Senior Executive Service is their goal and set an interim target to bump women’s
Census: the social compact on de-identified data protects privacy August 8, 2016 By Fiona Stanley, Terry Nolan & John Mathews Features Most Australians would expect that personal information, collected at public expense, would be routinely aggregated, de-identified to protect privacy, and used to the fullest extent
ACNC: the facilitative regulator — a case study of proactive reform August 1, 2016 By Krystian Seibert Case studies Historically, the not-for-profit sector in Australia has not generally benefited from any strategic and wide-ranging NFP sector specific regulatory reform. Although over the years certain
Governance even more hierarchical, risk averse as legacies linger July 25, 2016 By David Donaldson Features Public administration watchers in Australia have been discussing moves towards less hierarchical governance structures and stronger collaboration with other sectors for a long time. But in
Big data overload: keep analytics focused on business needs July 22, 2016 By Stephen Easton Features The astounding possibilities of the big data era and the internet of things are only just beginning to emerge and already there is a problem:
Digital government report card: which states are leading? July 20, 2016 By The Mandarin Rapid progress on digital transformation has been made by most governments across Australia since 2015. But jurisdictions have been progressing at different rates and pursuing
'Failed model': union warns Treasurer off social impact bonds July 18, 2016 By David Donaldson Jurisdiction Social impact bonds are a “failed” funding model aimed at achieving privatisation of public services, says the main public sector union, which has revealed it
How to build an analytics-driven agency culture June 28, 2016 By The Mandarin Features In July 2015, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet released its Public Sector Data Management report. The project aims to create a roadmap
Does myGov need a new bureaucratic supremo? June 28, 2016 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Has the Digital Transformation Office really taken control of myGov from the Department of Human Services, or will it if the federal government is returned
How government can unlock billions of dollars in savings June 19, 2016 By The Mandarin In the United States in 2006, two former Google employees formed a company, Weatherbill, to provide weather insurance to ski resorts, large event venues and
