Lake Macquarie council powers up mobility scooter test drives for seniors

  By Paul Hemsley The issue of safely managing the growing numbers of people using personal mobility scooters to get around town has been a longstanding concern for local governments, however Lake Macquarie City Council near the New South Wales port of Newcastle has hit upon an idea it hopes will make uptake of the […]

Bendigo to sell Australia’s oldest stock exchange

The sale of entire stock exchanges and metals markets is usually the source of intense investor and regulatory interest, but that hasn’t stopped the City of Greater Bendigo from trying to put what it says is Australia’s oldest official trading pit on the block for sale. The central Victorian regional local government has revealed it’s […]

Bureau of Meteorology mobile app avoids Android forecast

    By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Checking third party weather apps on mobile and tablet devices has long been a daily staple of smartphone users, however the Bureau of Meteorology has now revealed intentions to build its very own Apple iOS and Windows Mobile applications to deliver updates to gadgets on the fly. […]

City of Melbourne gets lean and keen

By Kate Jackson The City of Melbourne was in the spotlight following the Australasian Lean Thinking and Practice Summit, held in Melbourne in May 2013. More than 200 people came to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre to hear Dr Jim Womack, the founder of the Lean movement, and numerous other speakers, to learn how […]

Legal lessons from the Queensland Health Payroll Report

By Michael Grosser* The Queensland Government’s procurement practices and the acceptance of the role of probity advisors have evolved considerably since 2007 when it commenced the procurement activity for the Queensland Health Payroll System. Probity is now recognised by Queensland Government agencies, statutory bodies and Government Owned Corporations as being an integral part of how […]

Gartner examines post-election IT transitions

By John Kost* A change in the political leadership of government is often a time of high anxiety for public servants. Although it is unlikely that they will lose their jobs, it is still a time when the relationships and goodwill built up with the previous government may suddenly evaporate. As Australia heads towards a […]

Changing the picture on executive gender perceptions

By Dr Marianne Broadbent* Multiple factors influence the disparity between the prevalence of women and men in executive roles. There are three in particular that I come across regularly, in both executive search and working with organisations on leadership capability and talent management. The first relates to how women often approach opportunities; the second is […]

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