Introduction The publication of public servants’ advice to ministers under freedom of information threatens to undermine good government, the head of New Zealand’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has warned, in comments echoing several senior Australian bureaucrats.

Former head of the United Kingdom's Government Digital Service, Mike Bracken, argues that the third wave of digital transformation will force old fashioned structures and systems of government to give way to platforms that can deal with an increasingly uncertain future, including the new era of big data.

People don’t trust politicians much, so simply asking citizens if they trust government in general elicits some pretty negative reactions. Look a little deeper, beyond this simplified view that lumps everything from all tiers of government together, and the situation isn’t nearly as bad. And some researchers think the unelected public officials need to play...

A departmental review of the ACMA has recommended against Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's preferred UK-style super communications regulator, proposing a new commission agency and calling on the government to overhaul outdated communications regulation. Article continued via link.

The Mandarin reveals details on how much government departments are spending on media monitoring. For reporting firm iSentia, government represents some of their biggest clients. Since Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, came to power, government agencies have spent more than $1.8 million on services just to know what the media is saying about them. Where is...