Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Saturday, April 14, 2018

The danger when political parties assimilate the duties of government

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While it rarely becomes top of mind for voters, there are times where political parties attempt to take on some of the responsibilities of ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

You've Been Hacked - how far should governments go to protect against the influence of foreign states?

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Like most people with a broad digital footprint I've been hacked multiple times, usually in fairly minor ways. Around ten years ago ...
Friday, August 05, 2016

Is it time for governments to extend digital security protections to all parliamentary candidates & parties?

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Over the last few years we've seen increasing attention on the use of personal technology by politicians. From our current Prime Mini...
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Friday, March 04, 2016

Don't let a focus on quick wins lead to slow losses

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These days it seems almost everyone in government is focused on quick wins - outcomes that can be achieved fast, with limited resources but...
Thursday, July 09, 2015

We could resolve the electoral donations dilemma with a little digital thinking

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One of the significant news stories in Australia this week is the revelation that Bill Shorten failed to correctly disclose a $40,000 elect...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Why not elect our political system as well as our politicians?

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History has shown that over time it is inevitable that any human political system will be gamed by those who wish to gain from it. Some is...
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Monday, September 15, 2014

A view on the maiden tweets of Australia's federal politicians

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A politician's maiden speech in parliament is usually constructed with great thought and care. It serves as a platform on which they pl...
Friday, September 12, 2014

New South Wales's iVote® system - an interview with Ian Brightwell

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This is the second in a series of interviews I'm doing as part of Delib Australia's media partnership with CeBIT in support of GovI...
Monday, September 01, 2014

92% of Australia's federal politicians now use Facebook and/or Twitter

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I've been tracking the number of Australian Federal politicians using Australia's leading social channels for two years now, seeing...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Young people in Australia are highly engaged in politics - but engagement has moved online. Have governments?

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A few years ago I heard it said by political advisors that one hand-written letter to a Minister counts for more than 100 emails on the sam...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Why should governments continue to control voting systems and processes?

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Having centralised systems for voting is the standard approach for countries around the world. In most places it is simply accepted that ...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Indonesia's 'People's Cabinet' is one of the most innovative uses of Gov 2.0 in the Asia-Pacific region

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In Australia roughly 90% of us use the internet, whereas in Indonesia only around 42% of the population do - which still means that roughly...
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Friday, July 04, 2014

What happens to governments when the trust disappears?

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It's difficult for governments to remain effective when the support of citizens evaporates. History is littered with failed states, ci...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Mirror, mirror - can modern societies survive looking into the internet and seeing their own reflections?

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One of the most major challenges for governments and societies around the world today is the rapidly declining trust in politicians, instit...