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19-July-19 | Revitalising citizen engagement | The Mandarin |
29-May-19 | Government Opens Up New Information Gateway for Territorians | NT Government Newsroom |
29-May-19 | NT government opens free data portal to public | ITnews |
24-May-19 | GovHack welcomes Northern Territory’s Open Data Portal | Media Release |
15-Mar-19 | How Link Digital left web development behind to drive data growth | PC World from IDG |
14-Mar-19 | Federal government’s new Transparency Portal set to transform APS reporting | The Mandarin |
9-Mar-19 | Peter Marks talks GovHack and 5G | ABC Overnights with Rod Quinn |
4-Mar-19 | Open Data Innovation Model | LinkedIn article by Selvaraaju Murugesan |
20-Dec-18 | Saving lives with open data | Digital Transformation Agency |
5-Dec-18 | The most remote GovHack: Albany WA | Media Release |
30-Nov-18 | Sunshine Coast named as a world Smart21 Community for 2019 | Mirage News |
26-Nov-18 | Team HackaPeel win national award for innovative new app | Mandurah Mail |
24-Nov-18 | Sunshine Coast Data Hackers Turn The Innovation Tide At GovHack Awards | Sunshine Coast Regional Innovation Program |
23-Nov-18 | Peel innovators sweep awards at GovHack competition | Mandurah Coastal Times |
23-Nov-18 | CQU team wins national GovHack award | Rockhampton Morning Bulletin |
22-Nov-18 | Tide turns for a sea power idea to light Noosa up | Noosa News |
18-Nov-18 | Trio claims National GovHack win | The Border Watch |
16-Nov-18 | Visualise the Numbers bounty winner profile | Media Release |
14-Nov-18 | Best Youth Team Winner profile | Media Release |
12-Nov-18 | GovHack winners revealed | Digital Transformation Agency |
10-Nov-18 | GovHack 2018 Winners | Media Release |
9-Nov-18 | Brief plug for the Red Carpet awards at the start of the show | ABC RN’s Download this show |
7-Nov-18 | GovHack 2018 challenge: 118 entries, 5 judges, 3 winners | The Mandarin |
1-Nov-18 | TAFE IT tops state awards | TAFE WA South Regional |
30-Oct-18 | South East GovHack contestants recognised | The Border Watch |
19-Oct-18 | City of Mount Gambier-State success for local GovHack teams | Media Release |
19-Oct-18 | GovHack Queensland – Awards across the state | Media Release |
18-Oct-18 | CasuarinaP-TECH students win big at GovHack | P-TECH Pathways in Technology |
17-Oct-18 | KickStart-Up team wins in NSW with startup to help startups | Media Release |
20-Sep-18 | Alex gets a GovHack gong | Digital Transformation Agency |
17-Sep-18 | GovHack IT Grad team | Queensland Government Chief Information Office |
12-Sep-18 | ATO gains wealth of new ideas at 2018 GovHack | Jane King – LinkedIn |
10-Sep-18 | They came, they coded … now they sleep | Digital Transformation Agency Blog |
7-Sep-18 | Government open data comes to life | The Mandarin |
6-Sep-18 | Engineering students to tackle GovHack challenge | My Sunshine Coast |
6-Sep-18 | Hackers face challenge to harness the power of government data | University of Queensland News |
6-Sep-18 | So, you think you can hack it with the best? | Griffith University News |
6-Sep-18 | GovHack set for a massive 2018 | InnovationAus |
5-Sep-18 | Annual GovHack competition to be held at Enterprize | The Bulletin |
5-Sep-18 | Capricorn tech innovators invited to get creative with data | The Examiner |
31-Aug-18 | Problem solvers wanted for first Gladstone GovHack | The Observer |
22-Aug-18 | Mention of GovHack in the Tech Head segment | ABC RN Drive |
21-Aug-18 | Ballarat’s gamers are invited to join the Drone Legion | The Courier |
21-Aug-18 | A hacking good time in Werribee | Star Weekly |
17-Aug-18 | GovHack 2018 is open | Media Release |
17-Aug-18 | Brief promo at the start of the show | ABC RN’s Download This Show |
6-Aug-18 | DTA geared up to back the hackers | PSNews |
4-Aug-18 | Digital Transformation Agency sponsors hackathon to unlock potential benefits of open data in Australia | Open Gov Asia |
1-Aug-18 | Teaming up with GovHack | Digital Transformation Agency media release |
5-Apr-18 | GovHack to return in September | Gov Tech Review |
13-Mar-18 | GovHack and problem solving | Xperiential Education podcast |
11-Nov-17 | Bank interested in Whanganui-designed charity app | Wanganui Chronicle |
30-Oct-17 | Ask Borobi? City trio create travel help for major event | Toowoomba Chronicle |
23-Oct-17 | Two CQ groups win big at national awards | Rockhampton Morning Bulletin |
20-Oct-17 | Regional Queenslanders win big in annual open data awards | Queensland Government media statement |
16-Oct-17 | GovHack rolls out the red carpet | Geosciences Australia |
16-Oct-17 | International gongs for cquni grads in govhack innovation challenge | CQ University |
15-Oct-17 | Local success at GovHack awards | The South Eastern Times |
15-Oct-17 | List of national and international winners | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Childcare availability” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Play the future” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “STEM Hack” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Resource Hack” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Gabba Great Artisian Basin” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “PPSR FTW” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Social Hack” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “The Future is Unwritten” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Autonomous Everything” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Why does it always rain on me?” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Health Hack” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Into the New” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Tech space” bounty | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “2020 Vision Startups” small business award | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Future of work” hack | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “IP Rights” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Government as a platform” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Innovation Hack” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Marketplaces hack” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Digital Identity” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Censational” hack | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Economic data presentation” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Numbers hack” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Plausible Futures” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Maroon Hack” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Reef Hack” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Going Places” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Places Hack” | Media Release |
14-Oct-17 | Red Carpet Award: “Regulation as a platform” | Media Release |
27-Sep-17 | Young programmer takes home another award | Fraser Coast Chronicle |
25-Sep-17 | ‘Pokejob’: Ipswich mum’s genius job app creation | The Queensland Times |
22-Sep-17 | GovHack winners announced – The awards champion open data. | ACS Information Age |
22-Sep-17 | The streets are alive with the sound of music: New app brings trees to life | Mojo News |
19-Sep-17 | Our top hacker – Rhys Lawson | Barrier Daily Truth – Broken Hill |
18-Sep-17 | Rocky boys design hot new fire danger app | Rockhampton Morning Bulletin |
13-Sep-17 | One-stop-shop for entrepreneurs as ecosystem map launches online | Sunshine Coast Council |
12-Sep-17 | State GovHack Awards 2017 | Griffith University Innovate |
8-Sep-17 | Queensland shines at GovHack 2017 | Media Release |
29-Aug-17 | Breakfast radio interview with Simon Cozens | ABC Northern Tasmania |
28-Aug-17 | Tasmania GovHack 2017 awards showcase local IT talent | The Examiner |
25-Aug-17 | Tasmania’s GovHack winners recognised | Premier of Tasmania |
23-Aug-17 | GovHack and HERE help developers solve commercial and social challenges | HERE 360 |
21-Aug-17 | GovHack 2017: Interacting with Government Data | Acquia |
18-Aug-17 | Making GovHack (and open government) more impactful | The Mandarin |
15-Aug-17 | GovHack 2017: 3 Observations and 1 Recommendation | LinkedIn Ibrahim Elbadawi |
14-Aug-17 | Data-driven hackathon challenges innovative minds | University of South Australia News |
14-Aug-17 | Why hacking for good is important: Gleanings from GovHack 2017 | idealog NZ |
13-Aug-17 | SCCANZ in Action: Saving the city, one hackathon at a time | Smart Cities Council |
13-Aug-17 | For Data Sake – An insider’s view of a GovHack team | Team story by Muhsin Karim |
11-Aug-17 | Virtual reality is the most sought-after skill but what’s it used for? | StartupSmart |
8-Aug-17 | GovHack 2017 – look what can happen when data is given a voice | |
5-Aug-17 | Reflection: GovHack | Misskoko the librarian |
4-Aug-17 | IP Australia GovHack 2017 | IP Australia related projects |
1-Aug-17 | GovHack a hit in every state and territory | CIO |
1-Aug-17 | Opinion: Thank you to organisers behind great competition | The Queensland Times |
1-Aug-17 | No lack of hackers for GovHack 2017 | PS News |
31-Jul-17 | Pubcrawls and volcanoes feature in GovHack 2017 | The Examiner |
31-Jul-17 | City of Launceston | Post event video |
30-Jul-17 | GovHack 2017 Red Carpet Awards Announcement | Media Release |
29-Jul-17 | Interview with National Director Richard Tubb | ABC News24 |
28-Jul-17 | The unsung hero that every startup needs to help their business soar | SmartCompany |
28-Jul-17 | Open data and us | Medium article by Aimee Whitcroft |
28-Jul-17 | James Riggall & Dan Richardson interviewed | ABC Northern Tasmania Radio |
28-Jul-17 | Brief garbled plug near the start of the show | ABC Download This Show |
27-Jul-17 | Hacking big data — there’s never been a better time | StartupSmart |
27-Jul-17 | Innovators unlock the power of government big data | University of Queensland News |
27-Jul-17 | GovHack Hackathon to take place in Ballarat for fourth year | Ballarat Courier |
27-Jul-17 | GovHack 2017 this weekend | Voxy.co.nz |
26-Jul-17 | Join us for GovHack across New Zealand and Australia | Medium post by HERE Technologies |
26-Jul-17 | GovHack WA thanks to sponsors | Media Release |
26-Jul-17 | Unleashing the power of statistics | get STEM |
26-Jul-17 | Karratha holds hackathon | The West Australian |
26-Jul-17 | GovHack Hamilton networked by open source FAUCET | NZOSS |
26-Jul-17 | ‘Hack the City’ – Making Canberra a better place | CBR Canberra |
26-Jul-17 | GovHack 2017 sees Launceston’s brightest IT minds come together | The Examiner |
25-Jul-17 | Creative buzz hitting Playford | The Bunyip |
25-Jul-17 | Mathew Purcell interviewed on drive by Adam Shirley | ABC Radio Canberra |
25-Jul-17 | GovHack taps smart minds | Star Weekly |
24-Jul-17 | ABS and GovHack to unleash the power of statistics | Australian Bureau of Statistics Media Release |
24-Jul-17 | Attention #DataNerds! | Census Australia Facebook Page |
24-Jul-17 | Australia’s largest hackathon begins on Friday | Media Release |
24-Jul-17 | GovHack Queensland open to innovators this weekend | Beaudesert Times |
24-Jul-17 | How to win a hackathon in seven steps | VentureCanvas (from SmartCompany) |
23-Jul-17 | Work with award winning programs, win prizes, and make a difference – GovHack returns to Fire Station 101 with Ipswich data | City Ipswich Firestation101 |
21-Jul-17 | Calling all designers, innovators, business people, community members & data junkies! | MySunshine Coast |
21-Jul-17 | Council calls for people to take part in 46 hour ‘Hackathon’ | Rockhampton Regional Council |
21-Jul-17 | Radio interview with Sharyn Morrow | Spirit 1260 Karratha |
21-Jul-17 | How to win a hackathon is seven steps | StartupSmart |
20-Jul-17 | ACT Sponsors | GovHack Media Release |
20-Jul-17 | NSW Sponsors | GovHack Media Release |
20-Jul-17 | Queensland Sponsors | GovHack Media Release |
20-Jul-17 | South Australia Sponsors | GovHack Media Release |
20-Jul-17 | Tasmania Sponsors | GovHack Media Release |
20-Jul-17 | Victoria Sponsors | GovHack Media Release |
20-Jul-17 | Meeting of minds as computer boffins tap into government data | Quest Community News – Logan |
19-Jul-17 | GovHack competition coming to Launceston | The Examiner |
19-Jul-17 | GovHack calls on Griffith Entrepreneurs | Griffith University News |
19-Jul-17 | GovHack Albany 2017 | Albany Public Library |
18-Jul-17 | GovHack 2017 | EducationHQ Australia |
17-Jul-17 | Wait — what even is a hackathon? | StartupSmart |
17-Jul-17 | ‘GovHack’ to push open data limits | Latrobe Valley Express |
17-Jul-17 | 2017 Northern Territory Sponsors | Media Release |
16-Jul-17 | GovHack ACT @ Snow Centre | Information Technology Educators ACT |
14-Jul-17 | Are you the next Zuckerberg? Now’s your chance to show the nation your entrepreneurial skills | Playford News |
14-Jul-17 | GovHack is coming! (To Casey) | Casey City Council |
14-Jul-17 | ABC Radio National Breakfast (from 5min 42s) | Tech review with Peter Marks |
13-Jul-17 | GovHack comes to Latrobe Valley | Latrobe Valley Authority News |
13-Jul-17 | Transport for NSW is proud to sponsor GovHack 2017 | OpenData Transport for NSW |
13-Jul-17 | GovHack Toowoomba | What’s On Toowoomba |
13-Jul-17 | About GovHack NT | Inspired NT |
13-Jul-17 | Intellectual Property Government Open Data | IP Australia |
12-Jul-17 | Proud to support GovHack 2017 | Geoscience Australia |
12-Jul-17 | Participating in GovHack blog post | Marxy’s musings on technology |
11-Jul-17 | GovHack coming to the Territory for the first time | NT Government News |
11-Jul-17 | 2017 National Sponsors | Media release |
11-Jul-17 | Australia’s biggest hackathon is coming to Broken Hill | Broken Hill City Council |
10-Jul-17 | Australia’s biggest hackathon is on this month | Media release |
6-Jul-17 | #GovHackNZ | Planeta NZ |
3-Jul-17 | Public sector Innovation Month kicks off | The Mandarin |
30-Jun-17 | Brief plug on ABC RN Download this Show (from 8m 30s) | Download this Show (Audio) |
27-Jun-17 | Adelaide will host a smorgasboard of events for Entrepreneur’s Week this year | The Advertiser |
27-Jun-17 | UCOL student launching mobile video games | Voxy NZ |
20-Jun-17 | Interview about GovHack with Dianna Ferry | ABC Radio Broken Hill |
10-Jun-17 | Govhack event to reshape government data | Otago Daily Times |
24-May-17 | Chamonix launches health record app | Gold Coast Bulletin |
8-May-17 | Editorial – Clever eye on the future | Geelong Advertiser |
18-Mar-17 | Melbourne hackers say they do it mostly for the fun of it | IT Wire |
23-Feb-17 | Data, Cities and a new civic pride | Kevin Keith’s blog |
There is an archive of older media stories.