Public sector employees and Government consultants in Australia using Twitter.

 

Please note, this does not imply that their Twitter feeds are representative of the organisations that they work for.

 

Feel free to add yourself to this list. Consider asking people before adding them as many Twitter users consider their Twitter accounts as personal.

 

Public servants Freelancers, consultants, etc. Federal government State government ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS WA Local government Unofficial feeds Politicians and staffers

 

Public servants

Name	Twitter Name	Department	Other url
Michael Harris	thewinchesterau	Forest Products Commission, Western Australia
Paul Roberts	conem	Australian Communications and Media Authority
Hank Jongen	HankJongen	Centrelink
Adam Piro	adampiro	Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure
Catherine Styles	CathStyles	National Archives of Australia
Nick Cowie	nickobec	State Library of Western Australia
Craig Thomler	CraigThomler	Department of Health and Ageing
William Donovan	willdonovan	Bureau of Meteorology
Wendy Pang	wendyp5	Australian Government
Benjamin Cowell	BenjaminCowell	FairWork Ombudsman

 

Freelancers, consultants, etc.

Name	Twitter Name	Desciption	Other url
Greg Lexiphanic	lexiphanic	Currently contracting with QLD Dept of Education and Training in Web content production; advising other departments on online engagement and social media
Stephen Collins	trib	Canberra-based. Volunteers with Open Australia. Fingers in several other pies. Self-described business communicator and knowledge worker, UX designer, whuffie-passer, ideas guy, teacher.	acidlabs
Lee Sargent	leesargent	Contracted to Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries under the eExtension project that deals with promoting and education to staff about Web 2.0 tools.
Kylie Johnson	shimmmergirl	Contracting with Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Bob Crawshaw	bobcraw	Worked on social media initiatives with the Australian War Memorial, Defence Housing Australia, Department of Immigration and Citizenship and the NSW Department of Envrionment Climate Change and Water
Nathanael Boehm	NathanaelB	User interaction & experience designer, social media consultant. Previously at Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations on design & social media; now freelance consultant. Director of Imagine Innovation, involved with OpenAustralia, BarCampCanberra, Australian Social Innovation eXchange (ASIX) and more.	purecaffeine.com

 

Federal government

Name	Twitter Name	Department	Other url
Australian Law Reform Commission	AusLawReform	Australian Law Reform Commission via Attorney General's Department	http://www.alrc.gov.au
Betaworks	yourABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics	http://betaworks.abs.gov.au http://www.abs.gov.au/
Business.gov.au	Business_gov_au	Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research	www.business.gov.au
Government 2.0 Taskforce	gov2taskforce	(via) Department of Finance	www.gov2.net.au
National Library	nlagovau	National Library of Australia	www.nla.gov.au
Navy Trident 09	navytrident09	Department of Defense - Navy	www.navy.gov.au
Public Sector Innovation Project	PSInnovate	Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research	www.innovation.gov.au
See Australia	SeeAustralia	Tourism Australia	www.australia.com
Training.gov.au Project	TrainingGovAu	Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations	www.training.gov.au
yourHealth - Health Reform Taskforce	yourHealthgovau	Department of Health and Ageing	yourhealth.gov.au

 

State government

 

ACT

Name	Twitter Name	Department	Other url

 

NSW

Name	Twitter Name	Department	Other url
NSW Police	nswpolice	NSW Police Force	www.police.nsw.gov.au
Art Gallery of NSW	ArtGalleryofNSW	Art Gallery of NSW	www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
Data NSW	dataNSW	Information NSW	www.information.nsw.gov.au
State Library of NSW	slNSW	State Library of NSW	www.sl.nsw.gov.au
State Records NSW	StateRecordsNSW	State Records NSW	www.records.nsw.gov.au
WorkCover NSW	WorkcoverNSW	Communciations Group	www.workcover.nsw.gov.au

 

NT

Name	Twitter Name	Department	Other url

 

QLD

Name	Twitter Name	Department	Other url
Translink	translinkseq	Translink Transit Authority	www.translink.com.au
Queensland Health News	qldhealthnews	QLD Health	www.health.qld.gov.au
State Library of QLD	slqld	State Library of QLD	www.slq.qld.gov.au
Tourism Queensland	Queensland	Tourism Queensland	www.queenslandholidays.com.au

 

SA

Name	Twitter Name	Department	Other url
State Library of SA	SLSA	State Library of SA	www.slsa.sa.gov.au
SA Maritime Museum	SAMaritimeMuseu	SA Maritime Museum	www.history.sa.gov.au/maritime/
History Trust SA	HistoryTrustSA	History Trust SA	www.history.sa.gov.au

 

TAS

Name	Twitter Name	Department	Other url

VIC

Name	Twitter Name	Department	Other url
eGovernment Resource Centre	egovrc	Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD)	www.egov.vic.gov.au
Film Victoria	FilmVictoria	Film Victoria	http://film.vic.gov.au
Health Victoria	VicGovHealth	Department of Health, Victoria	www.health.vic.gov.au
Heritage Victoria	HeritageVic	Heritage Victoria	http://heritage.vic.gov.au
Museum Victoria	museumvictoria	Museum Victoria	http://museumvictoria.com.au
Victoria Online	InfoVic	Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD)	www.vic.gov.au
Victoria Police	VictoriaPolice	Victorian Police	www.vicpolicenews.com.au

 

WA

Name	Twitter Name	Department	Other url
Art Gallery of WA	ArtGalleryWA	Art Gallery of WA	www.artgallery.wa.gov.au
Disability WA	DisabilityWA	Disability WA	www.disability.wa.gov.au
Forest Products Commission	fpcwa	Communications Branch	www.fpc.wa.gov.au
State Library of WA	statelibrarywa	State Library of WA	www.slwa.wa.gov.au
Tourism Western Australia	WestAustralia	Tourism Western Australia	www.westernaustralia.com www.tourism.wa.gov.au
Transperth	transperth		www.transperth.wa.gov.au

 

Local government

Refer to - http://twitter.com/OzGovLocal

Name	Twitter Name	Council/Shire	Other url
Bass Coast Shire	BassCoast	Bass Coast Shire
Bayside City Council	BaysideCouncil	Bayside City Council	www.bayside.vic.gov.au
Frankston Library	blogalogue	Frankston City Council	http://flsblog.blogspot.com
Blue Mountains City Council	BLUEMOUNTAINSCC	Blue Mountains City Council	www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
City of Boroondara	Boroondara	City of Boroondara	http://boroondara.vic.gov.au
Business Port Stephens	BusPortStephens	Port Stephens Council	www.businessportstephens.com.au
Campbelltown Council SA	CampbelltownSA	Campbelltown Council SA	www.campbelltown.sa.gov.au
Canada Bay Council	CanadaBay	Canada Bay Council	www.canadabay.nsw.gov.au
Canterbury Council	CanterburyCity	Canterbury Council	www.canterbury.nsw.gov.au
Botany Bay Library	CBBLibrary	City of Botany Bay	www.botanybay.nsw.gov.au
Central West Library	CentralWestLibr
City of Adelaide	CityofAdelaide	City of Adelaide	www.cityofadelaide.com.au
City of Casey	CityOfCasey	City of Casey	www.casey.vic.gov.au
City of Cockburn	CityOfCockburn	City of Cockburn	www.cockburn.wa.gov.au
City of Melville	cityofmelville	City of Melville	www.melvillecity.com.au
Mitcham Council (SA)	cityofmitcham	Mitcham Council (SA)	www.mitchamcouncil.sa.gov.au
City of Stirling	CityofStirling	City of Stirling	www.stirling.wa.gov.au
City of Sydney	cityofsydney	City of Sydney	www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
City of Port Phillip	cityportphillip	City of Port Phillip	www.portphillip.vic.gov.au
Greater Shepparton City Council	GreaterShepp	Greater Shepparton City Council	www.greatershepparton.com.au
Hurstville Library/Museum/Gallery	hurstvillelmg	Hurstville City Council	http://lmg.hurstville.nsw.gov.au
Knox City Council	KnoxCC	Knox City Council	www.knox.vic.gov.au
Lake Macquarie City Council	lakemac	Lake Macquarie City Council	www.lakemac.com.au
Latrobe City Council	latrobecity	Latrobe City Council	www.latrobe.vic.gov.au
Manly Council	Manly_Council	Manly Council	www.manly.nsw.gov.au
Mosman Council	mosmancouncil	Mosman Council	www.mosman.nsw.gov.au
Mosman Readers (Library)	mosmanreaders	Mosman Council	http://mosmanreaders.net
Narromine	Narromine	Town of Narromine	www.narromine.nsw.au
Orange City Library	OCLibrary	Orange, NSW
Parramatta City Council	parracity	Parramatta City Council	www.parracity.nsw.gov.a
Pittwater Council	Pittwater2009	Pittwater Council	www.pittwater.nsw.gov.au
Shellharbour Council	ShellharbourCC	Shellharbour Council	www.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au
Sutherland Shire Council	SuthShireCncl	Sutherland Shire Council	www.sutherland.nsw.gov.au
Toowoomba Council	ToowoombaRC	Toowoomba Council	www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au
Wallerawang Branch Library	wanglibrary	Lithgow Council	www.wallerawanglibrary.blogspot.com
Wodonga Council	wodongacouncil	Wodonga Council
Wyong Shire Council	WyongCouncil	Wyong Shire Council	www.wyong.nsw.gov.au

 

Unofficial feeds

Name	Twitter Name	Desciption	Other url

 

Politicians and staffers

There is a full listing of Federal (and growing State) politicians at TweetMP.

Name	Twitter Name	Desciption	Other url
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd	KevinRuddPM	Prime Minister of Australia	www.pm.gov.au
Senator Kate Lundy	katelundy	Senator for the ACT	www.katelundy.com.au
Premier Nathan Rees	premierofnsw	NSW Premier	www.premier.nsw.gov.au
Premier Anna Bligh	TheQldPremier	Queensland Premier	www.thepremier.qld.gov.au
Premier Mike Rann	PremierMikeRann	SA Premier	www.premier.sa.gov.au
Premier John Brumby	vicpremier	Victorian Premier	www.premier.vic.gov.au