An event for public sector data professionals Expectations of government continue to rise. Delivering seamless services, strengthening transparency and maintaining public trust all depend on secure, well-governed data. Join data, analytics and AI leaders from across the APS at Data for Breakfast Canberra for a morning focused on advancing whole-of-government
Many future-oriented government initiatives fail for very obvious reasons. Much of this work usually lives in a single unit and produces interesting outputs, but is not connected to any policy cycles. Often, it is also highly dependent on a few champions and is not built on an internal skills base,
This Mandarin Talks webinar, developed in collaboration with government transformation partner, Liquid, focused on opportunities and challenges of applying a trusted AI strategy to support high-stakes, human decision-making. Now and into the future. Regulators across Australia are operating in an environment of increasing complexity, expanding ...
In today’s business landscape, organisations are grappling with a multitude of technological challenges, including a shortage of IT talent, more stringent ESG regulations, and the accelerated progression of AI. Compounding these challenges are intrinsic practicalities – uncertainty about where to begin, difficulty in assessing return on investment, and ...
Administering performance review systems can be time consuming, and can impact negatively on energy levels and goodwill, frequently resulting in a lack of meaningful outcomes. This leaves leaders feeling the full weight of responsibility and employees feeling boxed in, while P&C teams manage irrelevant processes that don’t match the reality
Only one per cent of performance measures across $858 billion of Commonwealth spending are genuine efficiency measures. That’s the stark finding from the latest Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report, Performance Statements of Major Australian Government Entities: Outcomes from the 2024–25 Audit Program, which reviewed performance reporting ...
Lawlessness in the Victorian construction sector caused by the CFMEU saw the cost of the Victorian Labor government’s signature “Big Build” infrastructure program blow out by at least 15%, we learnt a fortnight ago. That translates into $15 billion in taxpayer money that flowed to corrupt CFMEU officials, standover men,
The head of the most powerful and far-reaching crime agency in NSW has been picked to become the Commonwealth’s intelligence agency disciplinarian. It’s a quiet changing of the guard on the eve of the commencement of the royal commission into the antisemitic mass murder shooting of 15 people at
Australia’s federal workplace umpire has warned litigants that weak cases filed in the industrial court, especially those wrongly drafted or advanced with the aid of artificial intelligence, will not only be dismissed but may also attract cost orders against those who bring them. In a speech that sets major boundaries
Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt says laws that deliver on the recommendations of the Samuel review would update a 25-year-old piece of environmental protection legislation. They add to previous reforms, introducing stronger protections against high-risk tree clearing and new powers for national environmental standards to be made by the
Victoria’s three core integrity agencies last week published a proposal designed to enhance transparency about how they are funded. The joint paper comes in the wake of allegations that criminality within the CFMEU could have cost Victorian taxpayers around $15 billion on major government projects. The Victorian Ombudsman, the Independent
Building a future-ready public service demands more than policy ambition; it requires resilient systems, trusted institutions, and leaders who can deliver under sustained pressure Join us on 27–28 May 2026, for The Mandarin Live: Future Ready Public Service – Queensland in Brisbane and Online. This is a critical strategic forum
An event for public sector data professionals Expectations of government continue to rise. Delivering seamless services, strengthening transparency and maintaining public trust all depend on secure, well-governed data. Join data, analytics and AI leaders from across the APS at Data for Breakfast Canberra for a morning focused on advancing whole-of-government
Many future-oriented government initiatives fail for very obvious reasons. Much of this work usually lives in a single unit and produces interesting outputs, but is not connected to any policy cycles. Often, it is also highly dependent on a few champions and is not built on an internal skills base,
This Mandarin Talks webinar, developed in collaboration with government transformation partner, Liquid, focused on opportunities and challenges of applying a trusted AI strategy to support high-stakes, human decision-making. Now and into the future. Regulators across Australia are operating in an environment of increasing complexity, expanding ...
In today’s business landscape, organisations are grappling with a multitude of technological challenges, including a shortage of IT talent, more stringent ESG regulations, and the accelerated progression of AI. Compounding these challenges are intrinsic practicalities – uncertainty about where to begin, difficulty in assessing return on investment, and ...
Administering performance review systems can be time consuming, and can impact negatively on energy levels and goodwill, frequently resulting in a lack of meaningful outcomes. This leaves leaders feeling the full weight of responsibility and employees feeling boxed in, while P&C teams manage irrelevant processes that don’t match the reality
Only one per cent of performance measures across $858 billion of Commonwealth spending are genuine efficiency measures. That’s the stark finding from the latest Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report, Performance Statements of Major Australian Government Entities: Outcomes from the 2024–25 Audit Program, which reviewed performance reporting ...
Lawlessness in the Victorian construction sector caused by the CFMEU saw the cost of the Victorian Labor government’s signature “Big Build” infrastructure program blow out by at least 15%, we learnt a fortnight ago. That translates into $15 billion in taxpayer money that flowed to corrupt CFMEU officials, standover men,
The head of the most powerful and far-reaching crime agency in NSW has been picked to become the Commonwealth’s intelligence agency disciplinarian. It’s a quiet changing of the guard on the eve of the commencement of the royal commission into the antisemitic mass murder shooting of 15 people at
Australia’s federal workplace umpire has warned litigants that weak cases filed in the industrial court, especially those wrongly drafted or advanced with the aid of artificial intelligence, will not only be dismissed but may also attract cost orders against those who bring them. In a speech that sets major boundaries
Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt says laws that deliver on the recommendations of the Samuel review would update a 25-year-old piece of environmental protection legislation. They add to previous reforms, introducing stronger protections against high-risk tree clearing and new powers for national environmental standards to be made by the
Victoria’s three core integrity agencies last week published a proposal designed to enhance transparency about how they are funded. The joint paper comes in the wake of allegations that criminality within the CFMEU could have cost Victorian taxpayers around $15 billion on major government projects. The Victorian Ombudsman, the Independent
Building a future-ready public service demands more than policy ambition; it requires resilient systems, trusted institutions, and leaders who can deliver under sustained pressure Join us on 27–28 May 2026, for The Mandarin Live: Future Ready Public Service – Queensland in Brisbane and Online. This is a critical strategic forum
