What's good about GovHack for government? Former national winner of the event, Craig Thomler writes on how, six years after it began, GovHack continues to…

The ACT government's new chief digital officer will join the growing ranks of ICT specialists whose expertise is needed at the top of government bureaucracies.

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…

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…

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.