Artificial intelligence is already affecting elections Communications & Technology Elections in Pakistan, the US, Indonesia and India were subjected to significant, widespread deceptive AI content, says electoral commissioner Tom Rogers.
Hope: A research-based explainer February 22, 2024 By Naseem S. Miller Editors' Picks In a challenging year of economics, hope is important to understand. Here are several studies explaining hope and its role in everyday life.
Reforms to bring City of Sydney voting rules in line with other LGAs September 14, 2023 By Melissa Coade New South Wales The NSW government seeks to remove the automatic enrolment of non-residential electors such as corporations, multiple owners and leases.
Paper voting most secure way to vote, says NSW electoral commissioner August 3, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Communications & Technology The NSW electoral commissioner adds small-scale internet voting may be feasible for people with low vision in the 2027 elections.
Marles travels to Japan as Australian troops prepare for regional deployment June 14, 2022 By Melissa Coade Defence The defence minister will discuss security in the Indo-Pacific in a series of high-level talks with his Japanese counterparts.
Find out what threatened plants and animals live in your electorate (and what your MP can do about it) May 3, 2022 By Gareth Kindler, James Watson and Nick Kelly Editors' Picks The electorate with the most threatened species is Durack in WA, held currently by MP Melissa Price. What’s your electorate like?
Public service risk management gets tick of approval during the pandemic February 21, 2022 By Tom Ravlic 2022 Collaboration After Crisis Special Report The ANAO conducted a series of performance audits on the Australian public service to see if there were systemic problems in planning and risk management.
Just like federal MPs, women in local government cop it all March 23, 2021 By Gosia Mikolajczak, Andrea Carson and Leah Ruppanner Career Matters Research into the experiences of Victorian local government councillors sheds light on the grassroots level. And it paints a similarly horrific picture of gender abuse and harassment.
NSW, WA celebrate women in local government August 31, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Women in local government have been recognised in New South Wales and Western Australia in recent days, while concerns have been raised over female representation in Victorian councils. NSW local government minister Shelley Hancock and minister for women Bronnie Taylor on Monday announced the winners of the 2020 Ministers’ Awards for Women in Local Government. […]
Premium Interviews Life’s work: An interview with Julia Gillard April 8, 2020 By Alison Beard Case studies Australia’s former prime minister talks about discipline, resilience and misogyny.
Premium Insights and analysis Fake news and fact-checking: seven studies you should know about January 23, 2020 By Denise-Marie Ordway Communications & Technology Denise-Marie Ordway provides a sampling of seven journal articles published in 2019 that examine fake news from multiple angles, including what makes fact-checking most effective and the potential use of crowdsourcing to help detect false content on social media.
Australian democracy: crisis, resilience and renewal September 1, 2019 By Tom Gerald Daly Editors' Picks A dominant view has taken hold that Australia’s political system is in crisis, paralysis and even decline. The public images of both the federal government and parliament has been tarnished by a variety of factors.
The last election where anyone cares? May 19, 2019 By Mark Triffitt Culture Faith in democracy is plummeting among Australians, and the connection voters had with a leader like Bob Hawke now seems out of reach. Is this the last election where enough people really care?
The public service and caretaker government March 19, 2019 By Geoff Gallop Australian Capital Territory Elections are periods of intense emotion and elevated temptation. The stakes are high and the political process is highly charged. The government will want to maximise the benefits that come from incumbency and the opposition (and MPs generally) will want to extract all they can from the extra authority that comes their way in an election.
Security review finds online voting OK for NSW election, calls for national platform December 5, 2018 By Stephen Easton Features Ex-public servant Roger Wilkins’ review finds the NSW online voting system is secure enough for the next state election, and that it should be expanded to a national level.
