Almost six years ago, I began a journey to help government do something that was very rare back then: empower people, inside and outside government, to solve the problems that we face. …

A few weeks back, our friends at PSN invited us to attend and share some of our work at their flagship event — the Public Sector Innovation Show in Canberra. Here are three things I took from the day. — All Talk, No Play People are tired of innovation talk. This was something that came out of most presentations and conversations, but it was put incredibly well by Professor Peter Shergold, the Chancellor of Western Sydney University. …

The Story of Creative Suburbs 5 years ago, in late 2013 I had an idea that came from another idea — I wanted to organise a food truck festival close to where I lived. …

Why I’m stepping down as MD of Code for Australia — When I started Code for Australia with Dan and Jake none of us would have pictured what it has become. Mostly because none of us had a background in government or technology and we were as naive and inexperienced as any new entrepreneur is in their 20’s. Five years on…

Open Nouse is a monthly update from the Code for Australia Base Team, and is one of the ways we’re putting our core value of working in the open into practice. Here’s what’s been good (🌹), bad (📌) and what’s emerging for us (🌱) as we start 2019 . 📌 Thorn: slownuary Yes it’s summer and yes it’s the start of the year, and everyone deserves a break. January however, is painfully slow for trying to get something started.

Code for Australia’s quest to measure digital maturity Our cities are afflicted by problems that people experience in their daily lives: clean air in congested cities, a healthy and independent life in old age and access to digital technologies that improve public services. To address these problems public, private and…

One of the things we’d love to see more in government is openness and transparency. And because we like walking our talk, every month we’re posting our reflections on things that have been not-so-good 📌, of interest 🌱and awesome 🌹 in the work that we do. Thorn 📌 Ever since federal government…

A letter from the near future, from your friends in change-making — 31st October 2018 Dear Premier-Elect of Victoria, Congratulations on your win and the opportunity to lead this great state; to your team and all the people that supported you. …

It’s hard to believe that it has been nearly five years since Dan Groch convinced me to create a Code for chapter in Australia and join what was then, an idea of a Code for All network. Five years ago, as we dug into and learned about the civic technology…