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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · 5d

That thing when you realise it’s a public holiday Monday as you only have one meeting in your diary and wonder what’s happening there.

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Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · 22d

📣🆕Early View

#LeveragePoints are places within #systems where small, strategic interventions can create significant and lasting impact

Deborah Blackman, Vindhya Weeratunga, Jade Hart, @hdicko.bsky.social propose a crucial refinement to Meadows’ leverage points👇

doi.org/10.1111/1467...

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · Jul 27

Woooo! Congrats England on back to back Euros. What a start to a Monday morning

Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · Jul 22

That England game was some start to the day. Reckon I’m emotionally done and it’s only 7.45am

Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · Jul 5

The NDIA spends so much resource monitoring media and to use these insights in this way is just awful. It is a scheme with huge administrative burdens and is not uncommon to share insights about how to navigate it. This is absolutely a product of the system and not rorting.

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · Jul 5

Excellent work by Rick and absolutely shocking practice.

Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · Jul 4

Try not to overdo comparisons to robodebt. But this is closest I've seen to a post-robodebt copy of the playbook. NDIS boss demands participant be booted from scheme after conservative radio segment. No evidence. Sham process. Against policy. Gets it WRONG www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...

Exclusive: NDIA chief intervened to throw advocate off scheme

Internal emails show the National Disability Insurance Agency rushed to withdraw access for a disabled person whose funding was criticised on talkback radio, only to reinstate it 10 months later.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Jun 10

As the Canadian government pushes AI adoption at virtually any cost, this recent report out of Australia comes to mind, where public servants are wary because they’ve seen first hand the consequences of poorly considered AI rollout.

Robodebt dampening public servants' AI enthusiasm

Public servants are reflecting on past government tech failures when considering the risks and benefits of using AI for policy development.

www.themandarin.com.au

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · Jun 3

New article from me, Jade Hart, Vanessa McDermott and @k8henne.bsky.social about use of generative AI in policy work theconversation.com/senior-publi...

Senior public servants think GenAI will boost productivity - but are worried about the risks

Should GenAI be rapidly rolled out to improve public service policymaking and delivery? Or is a more cautious approach needed to rebuild trust after Robodebt?

theconversation.com

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 28

New article out in Health Expectations from our team about the barriers and facilitators in co-designing research with young people onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Collaborating With Young People: Identifying the Barriers and Facilitators in Co‐Designed Research

Background Undertaking collaborative research with young people could result in more relevant research and policy. However, there remains a limited understanding of the barriers and facilitators to .....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 20

Just out from me and @annekavanagh.bsky.social - The government wants to contain NDIS growth. But ineligible people with disability also need support theconversation.com/the-governme...

The government wants to contain NDIS growth. But ineligible people with disability also need support

As the government seeks to moderate growth of the scheme budget, some NDIS participants are finding they are no longer eligible for the scheme.

theconversation.com

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El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · May 15

latest NDIS Quarterly report is out, with terrible figures for performance - only 9% of access decisions on time

www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/pub...

Quarterly Reports | NDIS

The Quarterly Reports provide the disability ministers with information (including statistics) about participants in each jurisdiction and the funding or provision of supports by the NDIA in each juri...

www.ndis.gov.au

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El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · May 13

'Research participants told Sheard that non-native English speakers or those with a disability affecting their speech could find their words not being transcribed correctly, and would then not be rated highly by the recruitment algorithm.'

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

People interviewed by AI for jobs face discrimination risks, Australian study warns

Data used to train artificial intelligence does not ‘reflect the demographic groups we have in Australia’, says researcher

www.theguardian.com

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Melbourne Social Equity Institute @msei-unimelb.bsky.social · May 7

Applications are now open for the Dr Jennifer Fitzgerald Research Grant. This grant of up to $30,000 is available to support researchers with disability to carry out a project that aims to improve the lives of people with disability. www.scopeaust.org.au/news/applica...

Applications open for research grant to support researchers with…

Supporting research conducted by people with disability for people with disability is an important part of our work at Scope.

www.scopeaust.org.au

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 3

Finally! Been a rough ride as a city supporter over the last month but we got promoted. Go on the mighty bantams

bcafc.bsky.social @bcafc.bsky.social · May 3

New from The Width of a Post: The perfect ending earns Bradford City promotion to League One #bcafc #bantams

City 1 Fleetwood 0 - we are going up!

widthofapost.com

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 3

He’s a very articulate and very sensible fella in my view, which just adds to all of this

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 3

And wait til you find out his political positions too!

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 3

The Canadian effect is real

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 3

I think this is insightful post-election analysis

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 3

Rebel went outside and squeaked her toy a lot when Dutton conceded.

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 3

Rudie barked a lot at Adam Bandt (but he’s notoriously right wing)

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 3

So important polling on how the dogs have felt about the election just in.

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 3

I voted early as was going to be away and missed the democracy sausage altogether so making up for it with ‘democracy wine’ this evening 🤣

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 3

My first election too! Although I early voted in the masons centre in Cowes (Philip Island) slightly less exciting surrounds

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 3

Why do you take things I do seriously? It’s so unreasonable. I should only be held accountable for the things I say I want to be accountable for. Isn’t that how it works?

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · May 3

It was in jest Leena at a Christmas party and someone targeting her private page. She’s clearly the victim of a mud slinging campaign 🙃

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