Blogs
A blog is a less formal and more immediate way for government to inform and engage with the public and create communities of interest.
Australian Government blogs
| Prime Minister of Australia
The Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Julia Gillard MP blog. |
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| ACMA Engage
e-Newsletter informs the public about the ACMA’s work in radio-communications, telecommunications, broadcasting and the internet and allows ACMA to interact with users via discussions and feedback. |
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| Aged Care Complaints Scheme News
The Aged Care Complaints Scheme provides a free service for people to raise their concerns about the quality of care or services being delivered to people receiving residential or community aged care services that are subsidised by the Australian Government. |
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| AGIMO Blog
The AGIMO Blog provides a forum for discussion on issues surrounding government use of ICT, and continues the conversation that was started by the Gov 2.0 Taskforce. |
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| Anti-doping update
Updates from the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority - Australia’s driving force for Pure Performance in sport. |
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| Australian being
Australian being is a place for conversations about being Australian and Australia Day. |
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| Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research - blog
This site has been created to encourage discussion about the work of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). |
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| Australian JobSearch - Employer blog
A JobSearch blog for employers highlighting new or updated services and events, changes to the system, and explanation and clarification of employment issues. |
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| Australian JobSearch - Job seeker blog
A JobSearch blog for job seekers where you will be kept up to date with any changes to the website, as well as kept informed about all things employment related. |
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| Australian National Maritime Museum - blog
Explore the lives of those who helped shape Australia’s history, the first Australians and post-war migrants who sailed across vast seas to settle on these shores. |
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| Australian War Memorial
Written by staff about what is happening at the Memorial. Topics will cover exhibitions being worked on and what's happening with particular items in the collections. Also stories about people, places, events and objects, and reports from battlefield tours. |
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| Behind the Scenes
The Behind the Scenes blog offers a glimpse into the daily work, projects and activities at the National Library of Australia. |
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| Best Practice Regulation Updates
Best Practice Regulation Updates publishes information about regulatory decisions announced by the Australian Government, and by COAG and Ministerial Councils, including Regulation Impact Statements (RIS), the OBPR’s RIS assessments, when a Prime Minister’s exemption has been granted and Post-implementation Reviews. |
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| BetaWorks (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
This is your opportunity to help us shape the future of the ABS web site. By playing with the concepts that we publish and providing us with feedback, you can help us to prioritise and refine our concepts to deliver maximum benefit to you and the rest of the ABS website users. |
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| Bureau of Meteorology - blog
The Bureau of Meteorology blog features articles, information and multimedia – sharing our work with you. |
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| CFCA Connect
Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) Connect provides the latest information in the child, family and community welfare sectors. You can engage in discussions and discover what's new in the field. |
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| Commonwealth Financial Accountability Review (CFAR) blog
The launching of the CFAR blog for the Department of Finance and Deregulation discussion paper, Is less more? Towards better Commonwealth performance, is to enable consultation with the community and stakeholders on the discussion paper. |
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| Data-Dialogue
A place for distributors and resellers of ABS data - providing you with the latest information on ABS products, services and standards. A place for you to share your information needs, ideas about data products and technical issues - working together for better informing decision making. |
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| Digitalbusiness.gov.au
This blog is designed as a resource for small business and community organisations that want to learn more about the benefits of an online presence and how to go about developing one. |
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| Do something real
This blog celebrates the real stories of real people who are working to deliver better health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. |
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| Education at the National Museum of Australia
The Education blog is a great way to keep up with all the news. There is always something interesting to do in the education section! |
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| Engage
AusAID's Engage blog provides a platform to communicate and discuss Australia's aid program. |
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| FlagPost
Information and research from Australia's Commonwealth Parliamentary Library. |
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| Free Flow – the MDBA blog
Free Flow is the place to go for open online conversations with the Murray–Darling Basin Authority. There will also be updates on the Basin Plan as well as the range of activities the MDBA undertakes. |
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| Graduate Development Program Blog - Department of Infrastructure and Transport
Articles on everything from application tips to what it’s like to work for the Department will be posted onto this site. |
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| Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission - Listening tour blog
On 22 July 08, the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Sex Discrimination section launched a listening tour which will lead to a five year Plan of Action Towards Gender Equality. The Listening Tour is lead by Ms Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner. The Listening Tour runs a blog which provides Australian citizens with the opportunity to contribute on what they think is important. |
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| Inside: Life in children's homes
This exhibition is based on personal histories of the Forgotten Australians, Former Child Migrants and all those who experienced institutional care as children. |
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| Migration Blog
The Migration Blog has been introduced to share with a wider audience the benefits and challenges of skilled migration in Australia. The blog aims to spread factual information and provide a context for the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of skilled migration. |
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| Museum of Australian Democracy - Blog
The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. |
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| MyRegion blogs
A place to discover more about Australia's region. |
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| National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) - blog
Interested in sound and the moving image then chat with us through our blog. |
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| National Food Plan Blog
The blog allows you to contribute to the online discussion about the future direction of Australia's food policy. It will be monitored by the National Food Plan Taskforce. |
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| National Portrait Gallery - Education blog
A communication tool for teachers, educators and students to discuss topics related to identity, education, art and of course all things portrait-related. |
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| OAIC Blog (Office of the Australian Information Commissioner)
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is working towards an open government and engaged community where information rights are respected and valued. As part of this goal, we’ll use this forum to advise of our policy development work and invite you to comment. |
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| Parks Australia
Parks Australia helps to manage some of Australia’s most spectacular national parks. Many of them are global tourism destinations, helping visitors connect with iconic Australian landscapes and Aboriginal culture. |
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| Public Sector Innovation
The Public Sector Innovation blog provides a forum for empowering change in the public sector. |
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| Resilient Communities
This blog space is about building stronger, inclusive communities and challenging violent extremist ideologies. It is a place to share stories about the great work being done in communities and discuss ideas on how to tackle this complex issue. |
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| Rural Health – a life changing difference
Rural health is rewarding, challenging and life changing.This blog is a forum where you will find first-hand accounts from doctors and health students about their life in rural Australia ... our Rural Health Champions. |
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| Service Delivery in Government - blog
Service Delivery in Government is an online resource providing easy access to current information and resources on service delivery. |
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| Solar@CSIRO
CSIRO's solar technology blog. |
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| Spectrum Square
The Spectrum Square provides a forum for industry and members of the general public to raise spectrum issues, make submissions, put forward ideas and discuss important spectrum policy matters in a more open and less formal environment. |
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| speechbubble
An online forum where you can discuss and provide feedback on Department of Human Services initiatives.The latest forum is about your thoughts on mobile apps and how they can be used by the department. |
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| Skills Australia Blog
To share insight on our work and activities throughout the year. |
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| Strengthening economic relations between Australia and New Zealand - quick comments
Your opinion is sought on how to strengthen economic relations between Australian and New Zealand or any issues relating to this, including a single currency across Australia and New Zealand. |
Table last updated 30 April 2013.
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