Whitepaper: The future of government communications and collaboration strategies For many state and local government agencies, the global health crisis spurred a worst-case communications scenario. Not only were government agencies mostly unprepared to support a high number of remote workers, the legacy, on-premises communications infrastructure that supports them was exposed as incapable, irrelevant, and inaccessible to the people forced into remote work situations. New […]
Partner Content Why employers shouldn’t be scared of Respect@Work December 6, 2022 By Ruby Leahy Gatfield When Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins first handed down her momentous Respect@Work Report, it did not receive the attention it deserved. Jenkins’ recommendations were designed to keep Australians safe at work. To deliver on our basic human right to participate in paid employment, free from the sexual harrassment that far too many have and continue […]
Partner Content Vulnerable people in Australian society: A policy reform agenda December 5, 2022 By Winston Churchill Trust Policy Futures: A Reform Agenda combines some of the best of the Churchill Fellows’ insights with the policy expertise of the University of Queensland Centre for Policy Futures. This article explores three Fellows’ ideas in the area of vulnerable people in Australian society. Safeguarding People in Detention and Care Settings By Steven Caruana Australia ratified […]
Partner Content Michael Maher joins Cube Group as partner December 2, 2022 By Cube Group Purpose-driven consultancy Cube Group welcomes new Partner, Michael Maher. This month, Michael Maher joins Cube Group as a Partner, leading the firm’s Evaluation and Review practice. Michael brings over 30 years’ experience in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, including executive positions leading NFP and private practice evaluation and review teams. Most recently, Michael was […]
eBook: Cloud protection trends for 2023 December 1, 2022 By Veeam In the fall of 2022, an independent research firm completed their survey of 1,700 unbiased IT leaders regarding their use of cloud services in both production and protection scenarios. This research project was born from one of the most powerful charts from the Data Protection Trends Report for 2022, taking nearly 8,000 responses across three […]
The life cycle of good health and wellbeing: A policy reform agenda November 24, 2022 By Winston Churchill Trust Policy Futures: A Reform Agenda We are delighted to again offer another selection of contemporary perspectives from Churchill Fellows that have the potential to shape best practice and policy reform on some challenging and pressing issues facing Australia today. The words of Winston Churchill, “Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have”, may […]
Whitepaper: A guide to Zero Trust for government November 21, 2022 By Macquarie Government The last few years have been transformational in terms of network security, with the rise of hybrid cloud and cloud-first IT strategies – as well as new ways of working – forcing much-needed change in how cybersecurity is designed and executed in the context of perimiter-less networks. These changes offer individual organisations greater flexibility to […]
Policy futures: A reform agenda November 9, 2022 By Winston Churchill Trust Closing the Gap The Policy Impact Program is a partnership between The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and The University of Queensland. It aims to help Churchill Fellows draw upon the international knowledge they gain on their Fellowships to best inform policy reform in Australia. Policy Futures: A Reform Agenda is the Program’s flagship publication which […]
Language matters – solving Australia’s job crisis November 8, 2022 By PeopleCert Australia is currently facing a chronic labour shortage. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) there are 470,900 unfilled jobs across Australia as of August 20221, with job vacancies jumping by 40% in the past 12 months. The number of occupations suffering labour shortages has almost doubled just this year, and some of the […]
Partner Content Automating cloud application management is the key to smooth operations November 4, 2022 By Veeam The Australian Government has a long-term commitment to shifting its technology backend to the cloud. As part of this initiative, the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) launched its Secure Cloud Strategy in 2017, revisiting it in 2021. The focus of the CCS is to help departments and agencies move towards a more agile method of service […]
Partner Content The halo effect: Reimagining Australia’s care workforce to help solve the broader skills shortage November 2, 2022 By PwC Australia When government and business leaders came together for the federal government’s Jobs and Skills Summit recently, how many of them relied on a care worker so they could attend? One in ten? A quarter? In fact, many Australians depend on childcare workers, aged care workers and/or disability carers, either for direct support, or for support […]
Promoted How intelligent is your procurement process? November 2, 2022 By SAP Embedding public sector procurement policy mandates within intelligent spend-management software can increase compliance, enable automation and improve user experience. Public sector procurement has always carried expectations of transparency and compliance. But how can government workers have more influence on the ethical distribution of taxpayer funds and drive greater efficiencies across the procurement process? The answer […]
Partner Content ‘Better than Netflix’: Why women are rallying around the Federal Budget October 28, 2022 By Bojana Kos The night after the Federal Budget for 2022-23 was delivered, Sam Mostyn AO, Chair of the Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce, took a microphone during a Q&A session, brandished a copy of the Women’s Budget Statement, and shared her insights with a rapt audience. “This is a huge, huge step.” “Gender equality is central to Australia’s […]
Partner Content eBook: Five digital project challenges and solutions October 27, 2022 By Code for Australia Successful government products and services depend on high quality digital delivery, but often public servants are thrown into digital projects without the support or skills they need. Insights & frameworks, for achieving success. This eBook runs through: Ensuring you’re building products, not finishing projects Advocating for Human-centered Design Communicating the value of your […]
If we want to improve digital products and services, we must support the public servants delivering them October 24, 2022 By Esther Semo Successful government products and services depend on high quality digital delivery, but often public servants are thrown into digital projects without the support or skills they need. There are some key differences when managing digital projects and we’d like to see public servants given the opportunity to learn the key skills needed to succeed. That’s […]