Department of Communications

Michelle Guthrie took on the unthankful task of modernising the ABC’s organisational structure to focus on audiences, rather than the medium.

Digital payments have fast become the norm in Australia as the economy moves to online by default. Now, as a multitude of new offerings hits the market, a trusted and convenient one-stop-shop makes sense for consumers, government and merchants alike.

Opening the Data61 Live conference in Melbourne, Larry Marshall said we can look for someone to blame for shifts, “and we see that a lot in politics … or we can stare the challenge in the face and invent a way around it.”

Ahmed Fahour delivered Australia Post a last profit, then his resignation. The real question is whether government is any longer prepared to pay market rates for commercial talent, and what the cost of that could be.

Like a trip to the tip, a government ICT review can be a life affirming experience.

VIDEO: Digital disruption has impacted every part of government, but few portfolios have seen quite as much change as the Department of the Communications and the Arts. Heather Smith’s address to IPAA.

The govCMS project has created a powerful, open and secure innovation platform for government engagement, enabling federal and state agencies to easily contribute and benefit from applications developed by other agencies.