Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade challenged their staff members to develop innovative ideas to transform their capabilities and performance, including to the Australian aid program.
And they delivered.
The inaugural DFAT Ideas Challenge generated more than 16,000 votes and comments from staff around the globe on 392 ideas submitted through an online system. The 10 best ideas were presented this week in Canberra, and were judged by a panel comprising Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Parliamentary Secretary Steven Ciobo, DFAT Secretary Peter Varghese and innovationXchange International Reference Group member Chris Vein.
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Lisa Cornish@lisa_cornish
Lisa Cornish is a freelance data journalist based in Canberra, Australia. Lisa formerly worked with News Corp Australia as a data journalist for the national network and was published throughout Australia in major metropolitan and regional newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph in Melbourne, Herald Sun in Melbourne, Courier-Mail in Brisbane and online through news.com.au. Lisa has recently been awarded the 2014 Journalist of the Year by the New South Wales Institute of Surveyors.
