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267  addSize([768, 1024], [728, 90]).
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272	var lb_mapping = googletag.sizeMapping().
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274addSize([728,90], [728, 90]).
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279var lb_mapping1 = googletag.sizeMapping().
280addSize([970, 250], [970, 250]).
281addSize([728,90], [728, 90]).
282addSize([468, 0], [[468, 60], [320, 100], [320, 50], [300, 50]]).
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286googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/govnewshalfsc', [300, 600], 'div-gpt-ad-1442817897592-0').addService(googletag.pubads());
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288googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/gn_halfmrec2', [300, 125], 'div-gpt-ad-1446433907002-0').addService(googletag.pubads());
289    
290googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/gn_halfmrec1', [[300, 250], [300, 125]], 'div-gpt-ad-1446433864020-0').addService(googletag.pubads());
291    
292googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/gn_case', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1496884076488-0').addService(googletag.pubads());
293    
294googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/gn_mrec', [[300, 250], [300, 125]], 'div-gpt-ad-1487631851904-0').addService(googletag.pubads());
295    
296googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/GN_ROADBLOCK', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1471821346060-0').addService(googletag.pubads());
297    
298googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/gn_mrec_2', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1478065191383-0').addService(googletag.pubads());
299    
300googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/gn_mrec_3', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1492042297481-0').addService(googletag.pubads());
301    
302googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/gn_mrec4', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-mrec-4').addService(googletag.pubads());
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304googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/gn_half_page_2', [300, 600], 'div-gpt-ad-1492042353685-0').addService(googletag.pubads());
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306googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/gn_newlb', [[970, 250], [728, 90], [468, 60], [320,100], [320, 50], [300,50]], 'div-gpt-ad-1531789140691-0').defineSizeMapping(lb_mapping).setConfig({ collapseDiv: 'ON_NO_FILL' }).addService(googletag.pubads());
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308googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/gn_mrec4', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1531789189956-0').addService(googletag.pubads());
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310googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/gn_mobilelb', [468, 60], 'div-gpt-ad-1532474964669-0').addService(googletag.pubads());
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312googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/gn_bottomlb', [[468, 60], [728, 90], [320, 50]], 'div-gpt-ad-1442817762859-0').defineSizeMapping(lb_mapping1).setConfig({ collapseDiv: 'ON_NO_FILL' }).addService(googletag.pubads());
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314googletag.defineSlot('/58625620/govnews-sc-skin', [1920, 1200], 'div-gpt-ad-1644295171815-0').addService(googletag.pubads());
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316
317
318const popupMapping = googletag
319	.sizeMapping()
320	.addSize([600, 0], [500, 500])
321	.addSize([0, 0], [])
322	.build();
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324googletag
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327		[500, 500],
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331	.addService(googletag.pubads());
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333const sticky_footer_mapping = googletag
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335	.addSize([728, 90], [])
336	.addSize(
337		[0, 0],
338		[
339			[320, 100],
340			[320, 50],
341			[300, 100],
342			[300, 50]
343		]
344	)
345	.build();
346
347googletag
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351			[320, 100],
352			[320, 50],
353			[300, 100],
354			[300, 50]
355		],
356		"div-gpt-ad-sticky-footer"
357	)
358	.defineSizeMapping(sticky_footer_mapping)
359	.addService(googletag.pubads());
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361
362    googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest();
363    googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs();
364    googletag.enableServices();
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366	
367	googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.pubads().setTargeting('ip', '181.215.65.79');});
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488<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="https://www.governmentnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-gn.jpg?w=270" />
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491    background: linear-gradient(0deg, #00000088 30%, #ffffff44 100%);
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570		width: 20px;
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879                        Sensitive decisions are being discussed on the same app as someone’s family group chat (iStock.com/shapecharge)                    </p>
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890<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>One-in-three government workers use personal apps for work purposes, raising questions about security, accountability and data sovereignty.</strong></p>
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898New research from technology firm Corro has found that more than 35 per cent of government and public service workers use personal apps for work every day. &#8220;A growing share of organisational knowledge now lives beyond the organisation&#8217;s reach, leaking into personal apps, private threads, and channels with little oversight,&#8221; Corro CEO Sara Goldsworthy said.</p>
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902<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The research also shows 89 per cent of government workers use two or more communication platforms for work while 28 per cent search across multiple platforms for a message every day. Meanwhile, 18 per cent of workers don’t receive appropriate guidance on using workplace communication tools.</p>
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906<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When organisational knowledge increasingly moves into channels that agencies don&#8217;t control, sensitive information risks being exposed. &#8220;When an organisation&#8217;s most sensitive decisions are being discussed on the same app as someone&#8217;s family group chat, it has lost visibility and control of its own information,” Goldsworthy said. “While consumer messaging apps are designed for personal privacy, they weren&#8217;t built to meet the accountability, transparency and data sovereignty requirements of organisations.”</p>
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