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On a regular basis, around the world, governments rise and fall. We see this most commonly at local levels – with councils merging and demerging, however it also occurs at a slower rate at state and national levels, with new nations created out of the ruins of older states on a regular basis. I’ve been…
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I’m not terribly sympathetic to the Australian Government’s attempt to ban social media access to under-16s. There are many reasons why a blanket approach is bad – from removing parental control to removing support networks for at-risk and diverse teens. However, if they’re going to propose it, at least they should have a solid plan…
How to save $2.6M in government by spending $50,000 – engage the community
I’ve been reading an interesting article about Vivek Kundra, the CIO for Washington District and an advocate for using new technology to cut government costs. The Washington Post article, D.C.’s Kinetic Tech Czar, talks about how Kundra has re-energised Washington’s government IT approach. As described in the article, Kundra has introduced popular consumer tools to…
Fostering Entrepreneurship and innovation in Australian universities
Last week I was privileged to be invited to speak at the Canberra Startup Showcase, run by the UC Advertising and Marketing Society and EntrepreneurshipUC Society at the University of Canberra. Together with three other entrepreneurs, Mitchell Harmer of Sign On Site, Dawn Hayter of Urban Providore and Joe Mammolita of iCognition, we discussed our journeys and experience in entrepreneurship and answered…
The Catch 22 of government online participation
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Should all public housing come with cheap broadband internet access?
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