Government and public service delivery is taking place in a changed world. A significant level of social, economic and political activity is now happening on the internet. As people buy and sell goods, search for information, browse the web and share their day–to–day experiences with colleagues, friends and family through social networks, they produce an...

This report argues that strategically, New Zealand is no further ahead on public policy regarding outdoor use of GMOs than it was when the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification reported its findings in 2001. It considers New Zealand is less equipped to make a strategic decision to release GMOs in the outdoors in 2013 than...

At the request of the Prime Minister, this report has been designed to explore in greater detail the issues that were brought to light in an earlier discussion paper, Towards better use of evidence in policy formation (2011). This paper extends that discussion and makes some specific suggestions as to how to improve the use...

This audit assessed the effectiveness of telecommunications management and expenditure control practices of Victoria Police, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Justice. Summary The agencies examined cannot be confident that they are effectively managing all aspects of their telecommunications usage and expenditure. None of these agencies had sufficient organisation-wide controls to effectively...

This article examines and evaluates three possible reform options to ensure copyright protection for computer-generated works. Abstract This article builds on the author’s recent article ‘The Vanishing Author in Computer- Generated Works: A Critical Analysis of Recent Australian Case Law’. That article explained how recent Australian case law has seriously undermined copyright protection for works...