Budget 2024: Minerals and energy exploration plan to map Australian landmass and offshore sites in 35 years Community & Social The Labor government will commit $566.1 million to map Australian resources, including new deposits of minerals and sources of energy.
Prevention or patch-up? Data, information, and knowledge are not ‘wisdom’ May 8, 2024 By Geoff Edwards Editors' Picks The skills that enable somebody to gain preselection, and then sufficient community support for election, are not the same skills required to formulate public policy.
What Australia can learn from Finland’s AI disaster May 6, 2024 By Darren Menachemson 2024 Digital ID and Privacy Special Report Finland’s AuroraAI is perhaps the most ambitious government AI project that never quite made it over the starting line.
Privacy by design: It’s soccer, not golf May 6, 2024 By David Mesman 2024 Digital ID and Privacy Special Report Forensic IT experts, cybersecurity specialists, data practitioners, network architects, risk analysts – privacy is a team sport.
The social impact of digital ID May 6, 2024 By Simon Webster 2024 Digital ID and Privacy Special Report What might Australia’s digital ID scheme mean for privacy, social cohesion and civil liberties?
Australia’s overdue digital IDs will help fight online fraud May 6, 2024 By Liam Tung 2024 Digital ID and Privacy Special Report So far, the security benefits of an Australia-governed system of digital identification have been clouded by allergy to a national ID.
Deadly violence against women worsening, Australian Institute of Criminology figures show May 1, 2024 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Killings in 2022-23 increased by 4%; disturbingly, the number of women killed by an intimate partner in that same period increased by 28%.
Mandatory ethics training for NSW public sector February 21, 2024 By Melissa Coade New South Wales Public servants in New South Wales will be required to complete ethics training being rolled out alongside a new sector-wide code of conduct.
National Disability Data Asset Council has inaugural meeting February 19, 2024 By Dan Holmes Federal The council is tasked with ensuring NDIS data is used ethically and correlating disaggregated patient data collected from the states.
Push to make political donation data available in real time February 1, 2024 By Melissa Coade Federal Those wanting the AEC to change the annual release of political contributions data argue it would lift accountability in Australian politics.
Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide given three more months to get job done December 8, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal The extra months follow commissioner requests and advocates’ need to handle the volume of evidence and consideration of complex issues.
Premium Interviews Why are Australia’s part-time bosses mostly men? November 23, 2023 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks The fortunate few who make it to the highest levels of seniority and negotiate flexible work at the executive level belong to a boys’ club.
Premium Interviews Why posting memes helps the ABS do its job October 18, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Communications & Technology Having a more “fun” presence online is to thank people for participating in ABS surveys, its head of social media Heather Lansdowne says.
Public sector gender pay gap you could drive a bus through September 22, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry The median gender pay gap for the state’s public sector is the widest it has been in a decade. But there’s a reason for that.
Queensland asks its public servants what would make them stay August 29, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Culture The eleventh annual survey assessing Queensland public servants’ attitudes is open, with a due date of September 17.