Tax administration in a digital age: the Australian experience Editors' Picks Going digital sounds easy, but that’s not true when you’re talking about systems that affect most individuals, and when you have a bundle of legacy… Read more
How government can unlock billions of dollars in savings Sunday June 19, 2016 By The Mandarin Features A US start-up used government data to make $1.5 billion. The New Zealand government put data to work to find $954 million. The potential for… Read more
Digital by default: Tax Office seeks tips on herding technophobes Thursday December 3, 2015 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology The herding of citizens towards digital service delivery channels is soon to begin at federal level. The Tax Office is seeking advice on how to… Read more
DTO: gov.au to be new entry portal for government services Wednesday October 14, 2015 By Tom Burton Communications & Technology The federal government's Digital Transformation Office has outlined its first work program, promising to have working services up and running within the next 20 weeks. Read more
MyTax outage a lesson for all government services Friday July 10, 2015 By Craig Thomler Features No, it's a not appropriate to load test on your citizens in production — particularly when it's a critical service. Instead of assigning blame or… Read more
How to spot dodgy CVs Wednesday May 20, 2015 By Nina Hendy Features With the federal public service hiring freeze soon to be lifted, there will be thousands, if not tens of thousands of applicants hitting up public… Read more
ATO warning to services union members Tuesday May 12, 2015 By The Mandarin News Australian Services Union members have been warned not to join the Community and Public Sector Union protected industrial action today. Australian Tax Office's David Miller… Read more
ATO workers strike, further agencies to follow Tuesday May 12, 2015 By The Mandarin News Tax Workers to stop work today at 10.30am, Community and Public Sector Union says. Public service is striking to draw attention to wage and entitlement… Read more
Nebulous APS values and skyrocketing breaches a worrying slippery slope Wednesday April 22, 2015 By John Wilson Features The expansive potential breadth of the APS values is a troubling slippery slope, especially in light of recent APSC data showing a sharp rise in… Read more
Can asset recycling end privatisation premier-slaying? Friday February 20, 2015 By Harley Dennett Features Privatisation has the reputation of being a premier-slayer, but public servants can now feel safe to put forward asset recycling project ideas to governments. The… Read more
Andrew Mills: Tax Office improving dispute resolution process Wednesday January 21, 2015 By Andrew Mills Features The Tax Office hasn't always gotten its dispute resolution process right in the past, the ATO's second commissioner admits -- but they're working on reaching… Read more
How Australia's doomed charities regulator fights terrorism Friday January 9, 2015 By Stephen Easton Features Australia's charities regulator plays an important but little-known role making sure money doesn't flow to overseas terrorist groups. But the agency is still on the… Read more
Treasury review can't be revenue witch hunt: economists Thursday January 8, 2015 By David Donaldson Features The government is planning a review of the federal Treasury. Some economists are concerned the department might become a scapegoat for revenue shortfalls. Read more
