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A new federated national digital identity framework is coming in 2017. It will accommodate smaller agencies and won’t be dominated by the big federal players, says the project’s leader.

The NSW Premier says the freshly reformed commission will “clean up politics” in the state. Notably, one of the NSWEC’s most recent decisions regarding electoral laws affected Baird’s own party.

Some NSW councillors may have lost their jobs, but GMs are secure. Local Government Minister Paul Toole has confirmed all who aren’t named as interim GMs will start as deputies for new merged councils.

FEATURE: When myths drive policy, whose job it is to set the record straight? New research looks at use of public CCTV as an electoral tool via the Safer Streets program, despite lack of evidence it helps communities.