Social media allows anyone with internet access to connect with other people and publish their own content. Through it, we receive a wealth of information and interaction that allows us to keep up important relationships and get things done. However, for people with a disability such as a hearing, sight or mobility impairment, social media...

This presentation includes graphs of a few of the key data points that shed light on digital inclusion in Australia from the ABS’s recently released Household Use of Information Technology in Australia, 2014-15.

1. Most low- and moderate-income families have some form of Internet connection, but many are under-connected, with mobile-only access and inconsistent connectivity. Nine in ten (94%) families have some kind of Internet access, whether through a computer and Internet connection at home, or through a smart mobile device with a data plan. Even among families...

This report explores the impact of the internet, mobile phones, and related technologies on economic development. It shows that potential gains from digital technologies are high, but often remain unrealized and proposes policies to expand connectivity, accelerate complementary reforms in sectors beyond information and communication technology (ICT), and address global coordination problems.

A multitude of government services, civil society initiatives and community engagement projects have migrated online over the last 15 years. Online tools for engagement (‘civic technologies’ to use sectoral parlance) have matured and multiplied to enable citizens to communicate with, and receive information from, varying levels of government, with the ultimate aim of repositioning the...