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Setting up a social impact bond requires thinking through many barriers around data and measuring success. Amy Auster is stewarding two rollouts with an eye to early intervention

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"Early intervention is a bit of a nirvana," says Amy Auster, deputy secretary economic at the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance. Hard, but the…

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Emily Phillips leads a highly distributed, highly visible agency. Finding the breathing space for innovation has taken contemporary leadership, strategy and partners

By David Donaldson

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The CEO of Agriculture Victoria talks bee biosecurity, unexpected career turns and agency branding.

Victoria sends identity data to national facial recognition system to stay ‘ahead of the pack’

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

The Victorian government is uploading data from driver licenses to the federal government’s National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution but will only allow it to…

Leading reform from the classroom, one innovation at a time

By Leslie Loble

Australian Capital Territory

The world is changing fast, and business-as-usual will not prepare us for all that lies ahead. By embedding agile innovation processes into our work, the…

Where are the women? A gender analysis of the APS Review

By Linda Colley & Sue Williamson

Australian Capital Territory

The biggest review of the Australian Public Service (APS) in 40 years is likely to herald significant changes, particularly for APS employees. As the APS…

Worksafe seeking new chief

By Shannon Jenkins

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Victoria’s health and safety regulator is on the hunt for a new chief executive. Worksafe Victoria boss Clare Amies will be stepping down later this…

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The ABS’s chief methodologist on the common pitfalls of using data and why fishing makes him better at work

By David Donaldson

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics' Chief Methodologist Dr Siu-Ming Tam steps down at the end of the week. He spoke to The Mandarin about dodgy…

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What exactly does a chief resilience officer do? Bringing stakeholders together to address the stresses and crises faced by our cities

By David Donaldson

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The Resilient Melbourne team looks for creative ways to create networks and tackle big problems that would otherwise fall through the cracks. …

Australia’s political lobbying regime is broken and needs urgent reform

By George Rennie

Australian Capital Territory

Recent jobs taken by former senior ministers Julie Bishop and Christopher Pyne have brought on ire of the Australian Senate, which is now concluding an…

Older Windows systems must be patched to avert another computer worm outbreak: ACSC

By Stephen Easton

Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Cyber Security Centre warns it is way past patching time for all users of Windows 7, Vista or XP, as well as Windows…

Is there more to the VPS Jobs and Skills Exchange than meets the eye?

By Maria Katsonis

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Victoria’s Special Minister of State and the Victorian Branch Secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union jointly announced the Jobs and Skills Exchange (JSE)…

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We have a collective responsibility to build environments in which children thrive. Here are five ways to work differently with families to help keep kids safe

By Annette Michaux

Australian Capital Territory

Annette Michaux and Nat Kendall-Taylor outline the five major strategies for moving forward on child protection that resulted from a major national research project involving…

Victorian councils launch community program for startups

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

Three Victorian Councils have launched a program that encourages startups to improve outcomes for local communities with the support of government funding. In partnership with…

Vic Ombudsman calls out ‘oppressive’ isolation practices in youth justice centres

By Shannon Jenkins

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The solitary confinement of young Victorians in prisons and youth justice systems is “distressing” and “simply wrong”, according to the Victorian Ombudsman. Ombudsman Deborah Glass…

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Without a holistic architecture of service delivery, citizens miss out on coordinated and suitable responses to their particular welfare needs

By Verona Burgess

Australian Capital Territory

Amid the ongoing search for the holy grail of “local” service-delivery design, one of the very few certainties is the APS is nowhere near ready to…

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Setting up a social impact bond requires thinking through many barriers around data and measuring success. Amy Auster is stewarding two rollouts with an eye to early intervention

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Emily Phillips leads a highly distributed, highly visible agency. Finding the breathing space for innovation has taken contemporary leadership, strategy and partners

Victoria sends identity data to national facial recognition system to stay ‘ahead of the pack’

Leading reform from the classroom, one innovation at a time

Where are the women? A gender analysis of the APS Review

Worksafe seeking new chief

The ABS’s chief methodologist on the common pitfalls of using data and why fishing makes him better at work

What exactly does a chief resilience officer do? Bringing stakeholders together to address the stresses and crises faced by our cities

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Australia’s political lobbying regime is broken and needs urgent reform

Older Windows systems must be patched to avert another computer worm outbreak: ACSC

Is there more to the VPS Jobs and Skills Exchange than meets the eye?

We have a collective responsibility to build environments in which children thrive. Here are five ways to work differently with families to help keep kids safe

Victorian councils launch community program for startups

Vic Ombudsman calls out ‘oppressive’ isolation practices in youth justice centres

Without a holistic architecture of service delivery, citizens miss out on coordinated and suitable responses to their particular welfare needs