Government posts ‘inadvertently’ wiped after Facebook ban

Government sites found themselves caught up in Facebook’s media ban.

18 February, 2021

Facebook platform of choice for councils

There’s room for councils to make more use of social media, research suggests.

13 November, 2019

Qld watchdog probes misuse of social media by councillors

Queensland local councillors now have social media guidelines designed to protect them against themselves.

15 April, 2019

Social media an important government channel

Social media is now a major channel through which Australia’s government sector disseminates information. It is also increasingly important in other ways – as a way of measuring community reaction to government initiatives, for example. The ninth annual Social Media for Government Summit in Melbourne has heard from dozens of government speakers about how social […]

13 November, 2017

Facebook and infrastructure

What does Facebook have to do with infrastructure? Everything, it would seem!

31 August, 2017

Though shalt not criticise

The updated guide to social media use by Federal public servants has been released.

7 August, 2017

Best of 2016: ABS moves to quell Census panic on social media

Lost log-ins melt hotline.

20 December, 2016

Political Databases: where privacy goes to die

Party time for unsupervised, unaudited records.

4 July, 2016

Judge, jury and Google: courts in the digital age

Courts in the digital age.

1 June, 2016

Facebook stoush erupts over new Inner West Council

When social media turns sour.

20 May, 2016

Man perms and mullets front Bendigo anti-racist social media campaign

Bendigo Council battles islamophobia.

9 March, 2016

Social media campaign aims to topple Arts Minister George Brandis

#Freethearts wants Turnbull to hand back Australia Council funding.

17 September, 2015

NHS Scotland uses Facebook to lure its GPs back from Australia and NZ

Crap weather but at least you’re near the rest of the world.

2 September, 2015

Canberra gets its first Chief Digital Officer

National Capital looks to New Zealand for innovation talent.

13 July, 2015