Australian Government Tweeple

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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
1. ACT
2. NSW
3. NT
4. QLD
5. SA
6. TAS
7. Western Australia
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
Stefan Willoughby	StefWill	Bureau of Meteorology
Wendy Pang	wendyp5	Australian Government
Benjamin Cowell	BenjaminCowell	Fair Work Ombudsman
Andrew Scarvell	ascarvell	Department of Broadband, Communications & the Digital Economy
Sharon Patrick	SharonMPatrick	Australian Government
Chris Beer	zBeer	Australian Government
Lee Sargent	leesargent	Principal Social Media Officer for the QLD Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. Responsible for: Fisheries Qld Twitter, Facebook and YouTube (in dev) Biosecurity Qld Twitter Office of Fair Trading YouTube, Twitter and Facebook (in dev) Business.qld.gov.au Twitter, Facebook and YouTube

Freelancers, consultants, etc.

Name	Twitter Name	Description	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. Electronic Frontiers Australia Board member. Government 2.0, service design and experience design focussed. Works in marketing, communities online often.	acidlabs
Kylie Johnson	shimmmergirl	Contracting with Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Bob Crawshaw	bobcraw	Practical experience at blending social media initiatives with traditional media and public relations activities for: Australian War Memorial Defence Housing Australia Department of Immigration and Citizenship NSW Department of Envrionment Climate Change and Water Runs social media and other PR workshops.
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
Francis Walsh	franciswalsh	I am a researcher and educator in government communication (particularly in writing, and interpersonal, small group and organisational communication). I have a special interest in writing conventions, communication structures, social networks and government reform. I have been conducting training and providing consultancy services in writing and communication to all levels of government throughout Australia for 20 years.	www.franciswalsh.com

Federal government

Name	Twitter Name	Department	Other url
Australian Bureau of Statistics	AUStats	Australian Bureau of Statistics	http://www.abs.gov.au
Australian Communications and Media Authority	acmadotgov	acmadotgov	http://www.acma.gov.au/
Australia Post	auspost	Australia Post	http://www.auspost.com.au
Australian Law Reform Commission	AusLawReform	Australian Law Reform Commission via Attorney General's Department	http://www.alrc.gov.au
Australian National Maritime Museum	ANMMuseum	Nat. Maritime Museum	http://www.anmm.gov.au/
Australian Screen Online	australiascreen	australiascreen	http://aso.gov.au/
Australian Taxation Office	ato_gov_au	Australian Taxation Office	http://www.ato.gov.au
Australian War Memorial	AWMemorial	Australian War Memorial	http://www.awm.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
NatStats 2010 Conference	natstats2010	Australian Bureau of Statistics National Statistical Service (NSS)	http://www.abs.gov.au/ www.nss.gov.au
Navy Trident 09	navytrident09	Department of Defence - 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
ACT Emergency Information	ACTEmergencyInf	TAMS	www.emergencyinformation.act.gov.au

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
State Records NSW FurureProof	FutureProofNSW	Future Proof	futureproof.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
Legal Services Commission of South Australia	LegalAidSA	Legal Services Commission of South Australia	www.lsc.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
Public Record Office Victoria	PRO_Vic	Museum Victoria	http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/
Public Record Office Victoria Recordkeeping Standards Project	PROV_RKS	Museum Victoria	http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/recordkeepingstandards/blog/
Victoria Online	InfoVic	Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD)	www.vic.gov.au
Victoria Police	VictoriaPolice	Victorian Police	www.vicpolicenews.com.au

Western Australia

Relocated to Australian Government Tweeple - Western Australia.

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
Premier Colin Barnett	PremierBarnett	Unofficial twitter a/c for WA Premier Colin Barnett
Minister Terry Redman	MinisterRedman	Unofficial twitter a/c for WA Ag, Food & Forestry Minister Terry Redman

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
Senator Ursula Stephens	ursulastephens	Senator for New South Wales	ursulastephens.com
Premier Kate Keneally	kkeneally	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