Late last year the Australian and international media was full of stories about the demise of Twitter. Articles talked about how the service’s growth had slowed – perhaps even reversed – and that there were clear signs that people were tired and looking for the next big thing. Six months later and Twitter has released…
According to the Sydney Morning Herald article, Twitter debate for NSW leaders Keneally, O’Farrell and Rhiannon, NSW’s political leaders will stage Australia’s first political leadership debate via Twitter this morning at 11.15am. Featuring NSW Premier Kristina Keneally from the Labor party, Opposition Leader Barry O’Farrell from the Liberal party and Greens party leader Lee Rhiannon…
In a move designed to improve awareness and understanding of the process by which officers are trained (and encourage more quality candidates), Victoria Police is supporting one of its new Academy recruits to tweet their way through training. Announced in Victoria Police News as The Twittering recruit, Stephanie Attard begun her career as Victoria Police’s…
GovFresh celebrates Gov 2.0 Heroes Day every year on 15 June. Gov 2.0 Heroes Day celebrates, in the words of GovFresh, …citizens inside and outside government who go above and beyond the call of duty and creatively leverage technology to build a more open, transparent and collaborative democracy. The ‘usual suspects’ of social media are…
Living in Australia we are fortunate to be able to often look overseas to view the trends that will shape our lives and our workplaces already beginning to unfold. While Australians often consider our country an innovative leader in many areas, my fifteen years in the online sector have suggested that, for the most part,…
I see a lot of examples of Gov 1.0 and Gov 2.0 these days, but one I saw recently struck me an an object example of the differences between these approaches – how far Australian government has come, and how far there is left to go. In May the Victorian government quietly launched its ICT…
Governments love big announcements. Billions of dollars in spending, bold new projects and initiatives, launches and major events. These types of announcements are believed to be the best way to cut through the media storm, attract journalist interest and public attention. These big announcements appear to work well for traditional media channels, that are always…
A matter I’ve been mulling over for some time has been whether Australian public servants should comment on the operations of other government departments – at whatever jurisdictional level. I am aware of several cases where individual public servants have commented on a difficult personal situation they experienced with another agency and received an informal…
I’m a little late starting, due to a late plane and sourcing power and wi-fi, but hope to liveblog the eGovernment Forum throughout today. Here’s the eGovernment Forum event program for today. I am starting a little late – Minister Tanner has already provided his keynote via video, stating that there he will be giving…
On Tuesday CEBIT is hosting the eGovernment Forum, with the involvement of the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) in the Department of Finance and Deregulation. I am attending the Forum as a guest of AGIMO to receive a Gov 2.0 Innovator Award, alongside Mosman Council and ABC Pool (per the Gov 2.0 Taskforce’s Innovators…
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