To deliver on the outcomes they are expected to achieve, the public sector need to use data better to drive policy and engagement.

The ABC’s viability, and its vital role as a free and fair umpire and contributor to the public good, depends on genuine bipartisan support. Today,…

As more of our lives moveS online, discrimination and customer manipulation based on personal data are increasing risks, but policymakers will find it difficult to…

In a new audit examining whether health services are protecting patient data effectively, the Victorian Auditor-General says there are key weaknesses and present risks within…

The Australian government has often been a world leader in service-delivery innovation, but the time has come for the next wave of reform. And if…

New Zealand's official use of AI algorithms in government has been in the spotlight in recent years. We recommend New Zealand establish a new independent…

The Victorian government has begun a public catalogue of application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow software developers to more easily build third-party apps that pull…

Forty-two countries, including Australia, formally adopted the first set of intergovernmental policy guidelines on artificial intelligence on Wednesday, agreeing to five key principles to ensure AI…

Integrity campaigners have labelled the spread of disinformation during the recent federal election campaign as ‘intolerable’, and are calling for criminal laws specifically designed to…

The New South Wales government has made Tony Chapman its permanent information security chief and given his office a prominent place within the new Department…

Understand the power of machine learning and the benefits it can give to the government sector, and discover the growing field of data science.

There were 964 data breaches reported to the federal regulator in the first year of mandatory reporting rules and “malicious or criminal attacks” were behind…

Transforming public service to be fit for purpose in the 21st Century requires new ways of working. To prepare for the future, the public service…

Australia's government-funded organisations have stronger cyber security than their counterparts anywhere in the world, in the eyes of a large multinational that analysed a year's…