Agencies of the New Zealand government will take advice on the ethical use of public data from a new expert panel pulled together by Stats…

Austere welfare systems become an impenetrable armoury in the ‘war on the poor’ because they make unseen decisions that determine levels of funding and services.

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…

It’s common to frame discussions of societal transitions by focusing on the new skills that become essential. But instead of looking at what we’re learning,…

The notion of a government information fortress protected by perimeter of digital motes and walls counts for nought when your workforce is mobile and many…

Two academics want NSW police to open up about their efforts to prevent future crime using an opaque predictive algorithm.

Algorithms don't do the right thing unless they are designed to, but creating ethical machine learning is no easy task, argues Data61's Lachlan McCalman.

To be relevant in the modern era, government must re-engage. It is the central agencies that must take up the task of redesigning government to…