Category: Opinion

Australia’s federal system of government has its pluses and minuses. Proponents say federalism is necessary in a country as large as Australia, while others say our population is too small…

Record-breaking temperatures across Australia have seen no end to the continued bickering over climate and energy policy in Australia. The release of Keating-era cabinet papers from 1994 show that the…

The NSW Government’s disastrous council amalgamation plans, abandoned after public outcries and legal challenges, remain an issue to many in the state. The Labor Opposition says that the Government still…

  Local government has an image problem – not enough young people rate the sector as a career choice. If we don’t find a way to make our workplaces more…

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Citizen engagement with government has been transformed by social media. Social media has led to significant changes in the conversation between government and the general public. It is no longer…

Australia has long held a reputation for being the ‘Lucky Country’. That has largely been the case over the past 25 years. Our economy has the averted the financial crises…

A recent audit by Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) revealed that there are currently over 70 significant IT projects in the Federal Government. With an estimated lifetime cost of $7.2…

We didn’t plan it this way. But every story in Government News this week has to do with government’s use of digital technology. It is a sure sign of the…

While digital automation has started to transform the public sector, there remains at least one place where human interaction is – and always will be – vital to the success…