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Mar 2023
Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism reforms
Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism reforms allow for more flexibility in responding to domestic gas supply shortfalls.
Mar 2023
National Reconstruction Fund
National Reconstruction Fund Corporation Bill passes through Parliament
The Bill establishes the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation.
Mar 2023
Australian Space Agency
Historic NASA trip to Australia
The two most senior people from NASA led a delegation in Australia during the week of 20 March.
Mar 2023
It’s a wrap on Science Meets Parliament for 2023
A wrap-up of Australia’s most powerful event connecting STEM experts, policymakers and federal parliamentarians that took place in Canberra between 7-23 March.
Mar 2023
Australian hypersonic spaceplane technology ready for export to the USA
An Australian startup developing reusable hypersonic spaceplanes has landed a prestigious US Department of Defense contract.
Mar 2023
Australian Space Agency
National Indigenous Space Academy launched
A new space internship program will give Indigenous Australian university students the opportunity to study at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Mar 2023
Australian Space Agency
Space industry partners chosen for Australia’s first Moon mission
Two consortiums of local space businesses and researchers will design rovers for Australia’s first mission to the Moon in partnership with NASA.
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6 July 2021
BizLab Academy now available through APS Academy
The BizLab Academy HCD 1.01 training program has been handed over to the APS Academy.
8 January 2021
A look back at Innovation Month 2020
Innovation Month 2020 was the last event and our department is proud to have brought it to you. We’ve compiled our top takeaways and videos.
8 January 2021
Tools for innovation in the Australian public sector
Innovators need the right tools. We’ve selected some of the best toolkits for public sector innovation and transformation.
8 January 2021
Research on innovation in the Australian public sector
Some of the most useful research on public sector innovation in Australia and around the world over the past few years.
4 December 2020
A festive wrap-up of innovation gifts
We’ve wrapped up this year’s public sector innovation network stories and themes for you.
20 November 2020
Skills and mindsets for the new abnormal
From bushfires and pandemics, to economic and social aftershocks, the public sector is also having to come to grips with a new normal that is anything but.
6 November 2020
Word to the wise: your forms could be WISER
If you have to interact with government, you’ll probs have to fill out a form. BETA shared how they make these forms a bit WISER…
23 October 2020
Agile is not a dirty word
Chances are, sometime in the last decade, you’ve probably heard someone telling you you need to be more ‘agile’, but what does that even mean?
23 October 2020
Want to go Agile? Here’s how
Agile project management is a super helpful way to organise your thoughts and work practices. Here's a quick explainer that breaks down the basics.
2 October 2020
Bad meetings begone!
It’s a truth, universally acknowledged, that a team with a meeting is in want of a facilitator. Or at least it should be.
18 September 2020
Don’t reinvent the hoop
In government we ask people to jump through lots of hoops. We learnt how some of these were thrown away using APIs.
4 September 2020
X-ray vision: an APS world-first innovation
A team at the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment looked outside their own industry for inspiration. The result? A world-first innovation to detect goods that may harbour pests and diseases.