back to article New South Wales to create Ministry of Truth

The Australian State of New South Wales has created a whole-of-government data analytics centre. Innovation and better regulation minister Victor Dominello announced the centre yesterday, proclaiming that “Data is one of the greatest assets held by government, but when it’s buried away in bureaucracy it is of little value.” “ …

  1. GrumpyOldBloke

    Translation...

    Data is one of the greatest weapons held by government ... without an effective whole-of-government data sharing platform unburdened by issues of civilian privacy, proportional and targeted due process or a bill of rights ... figuring out just what the centre will do, how the data will be linked with the federal grubyments metadata abomination and how to protect the centre's operations from FOI requests.

    Additional Info

    Industry advisory body will assist in guiding its ongoing work - pork, overreach and more pork. How government agencies will interface with the centre? From the federal grubyments example we can assume wide open and warrantless. How the central bureau might address privacy - like they did with opal.

    Will the specialist government steering committee consider whether the task is worth doing at all and what specific and measurable benefits they hope to achieve - like a business plan and a cost benefit analysis per the ones released for West Connex.

    1. Thorne

      They might build something to make data useful to them but they won't use it. The truth often get in the way of their agendas.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    “Data is one of the greatest assets held by government, but when it’s buried away in bureaucracy it is of little value.”

    ... or if it's buried away in the 2nd worksheet of an Excel file...

    I hope they're better at this than some of their federal counterparts.

  3. Moving Pictures
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    I'm keen

    Government job, odd little sector, too many inputs to be abolished, outputs too secret or obvious to mean much actual work gets done...

    Seems like the perfect career! That'll see me through to retirement I think!

  4. Timpatco

    When i see the myth of CAGW at the top of the list, I will take notice.

  5. king useless

    NSW

    Ministry of Strewth morelike

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