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\ \ \ \ AWS can be more than cheaper infrastructure \ \ 09 June 2026](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/strategic-aws-architecture)
\ \ \ \ Eight and a half minutes \ \ 27 May 2026](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/ai-legal-services-design-regulation-victoria)
\ \ \ \ We submitted to the Senate wage theft inquiry. Here's why. \ \ 14 May 2026](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/beyond-wage-theft-enforcement)
\ \ \ \ Building technical capability at scale: why Midnyte City joined Portable \ \ 06 May 2026](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/midnyte-city-joins-portable)
\ \ \ \ Sweep's evolution from grant-funded vision to App Store reality \ \ 01 April 2026](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/sweep-wage-compliance-platform-launch-2026)
\ \ \ \ Portable and pay equity accountability, Spring 2025 \ \ 06 March 2026](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/portable-pay-equity-report-spring-2025)
\ \ \ \ Re-certified and ready for greater impact \ \ 13 February 2026](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/b-corp-recertification-governance-sustainable-innovation)
\ \ \ \ Parenting through policy, the view from inside Portable \ \ 10 December 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/social-media-ban-caregivers-perspective)
\ \ \ \ How one cultural institution planned for scale without rebuilding from scratch \ \ 14 November 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/scaling-public-sector-software)
\ \ \ \ What does digital eye contact look like? \ \ 28 October 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/digital-eye-contact-liya-safina-portable-event)
\ \ \ \ Tensions Between AI and Climate Accountability \ \ 20 October 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/ai-and-climate-accountability)
\ \ \ \ Two wins for design that makes a difference \ \ 14 October 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/good-design-award-wins)
\ \ \ \ Adapting patient-reported measures to the legal sector \ \ 25 September 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/adapting-prms-to-enhance-access-to-justice)
\ \ \ \ Practical answers for co-designing with children and young people \ \ 11 September 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/designing-with-children-and-young-people-answers)
\ \ \ \ Portable’s AI and environmental impact statement \ \ 20 August 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/portable-ai-and-environmental-impact-statement)
\ \ \ \ Committed to reconciliation \ \ 01 August 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/rap-approved-committed-to-reconciliation)
\ \ \ \ Learning from the World’s best to build responsible AI \ \ 30 June 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/ai-world-fair-building-responsible-ai)
\ \ \ \ What Civily shows us about collaboratively designing justice, globally \ \ 19 June 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/civily-digital-family-law-justice-platform)
\ \ \ \ Hear Me Out wins Most Innovative Website at the Australian Web Awards \ \ 26 May 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/hear-me-out-legal-design-web-award-innovation)
\ \ \ \ Digital twins and the future of better decisions \ \ 23 May 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/digital-twins-technology-and-geospatial-insight)
\ \ \ \ Creating smarter and safer AI with RAG \ \ 07 May 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/smarter-and-safer-ai-with-rag)
\ \ \ \ Portable secures $1.1M BRII Grant to enhance wage compliance with Sweep \ \ 01 April 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/sweep-by-portable-brii-grant)
\ \ \ \ Geovisualisation techniques transforming environmental studies \ \ 11 March 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/geovisualisation-for-geospatial-innovation)
\ \ \ \ The Portable blueprint to pay equity \ \ 11 March 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/portable-pay-equity)
\ \ \ \ Data Runs Deep Spotlight: Kendra Vant talks to Portable’s Sarah Kaur on data and AI \ \ 18 February 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/data-runs-deep-conversations-on-ai)
\ \ \ \ Modernising legacy technology: A step-by-step guide for future-proof solutions \ \ 09 February 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/legacy-technology-step-by-step-guide)
\ \ \ \ Code for Australia Finds a New Home with Portable \ \ 20 January 2025](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/code-for-australia-announcement)
\ \ \ \ Designing for the Social Media Ban \ \ 13 December 2024](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/designing-for-the-social-media-ban)
\ \ \ \ Agile, Waterfall, Wagile: Choosing the right methodology for you and your business \ \ 20 November 2024](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/waterfall-agile-wagile-project-methodology-decision)
\ \ \ \ Announcing Hear Me Out, revolutionising access to justice \ \ 24 October 2024](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/hear-me-out-launch)
\ \ \ \ The three essential steps to become a better leader \ \ 15 September 2024](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/become-a-better-leader)
\ \ \ \ Secure at every step: Portable and ISO 27001 certification \ \ 17 July 2024](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/iso-accreditation-security)
\ \ \ \ Our submission into Victoria's inquiry into Women's Pain. \ \ 01 March 2024](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/portable-submission-into-victorian-inquiry-on-women-and-pain)
\ \ \ \ Bridging the human-AI divide is the job of good designers. \ \ 14 February 2024](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/bridging-ai-divide)
\ \ \ \ AI Tools for 2024 \ \ 19 January 2024](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/ai-tools-at-portable-in-2024)
\ \ \ \ The Hard Decisions: Redundancy, Resilience, and Reinvention at Portable \ \ 07 December 2023](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/the-hard-decisions)
\ \ \ \ Developing Artisans: Portable’s experience at Laracon AU 2023 \ \ 30 November 2023](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/laracon-au-2023)
\ \ \ \ Building A Better Business: Insights from our panel exploring sustainable business strategies \ \ 13 October 2023](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/building-a-better-business-zero-emissions-day-2023)
\ \ \ \ Partnering with Purpose: Portable and Code Like a Girl join forces \ \ 05 October 2023](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/portable-and-code-like-a-girl-partnership)
\ \ \ \ Our Net Zero 2030 target and why it matters to us \ \ 19 September 2023](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/announcing-our-net-zero-2030-target)
\ \ \ \ Creating an environmental sustainability strategy to stand the test of time \ \ 01 September 2023](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/portable-sustainability-strategy-case-study)
\ \ \ \ Beyond the Screen: Portable All-In Strategy Days 2023 \ \ 11 August 2023](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/strategy-days-2023)
\ \ \ \ Get Involved in NAIDOC Week 2023: For Our Elders \ \ 30 June 2023](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/naidoc-week-2023-for-our-elders)
\ \ \ \ Portable's secret recipe: VegKit website rebuild wins at the 2023 Australian Web Awards \ \ 19 June 2023](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/vegkit-website-rebuild-wins-web-awards-2023)
\ \ \ \ Portable supports the Voice to Parliament \ \ 31 May 2023](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/indigenous-voice-to-parliament)
\ \ \ \ Interpersonal trauma and trauma responsive design: Pausing to reflect on how our work impacts people \ \ 22 March 2023](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/interpersonal-trauma-and-trauma-responsive-design)
\ \ \ \ What is Trauma Responsive Design? Part One \ \ 22 February 2023](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/what-is-trauma-responsive-design-part-1)
\ \ \ \ What does real change in mental health mean? \ \ 21 October 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/what-does-real-change-in-mental-health-mean)
\ \ \ \ Connecting Sydney’s leaders to discuss opportunities in the mental health sector \ \ 11 August 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/connecting-sydney-mental-health-leaders)
\ \ \ \ Want to produce consistent content? There's a system for that. \ \ 17 June 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/understanding-content-systems)
\ \ \ \ Digital tools mediating face to face conversations about how to support people through mental health challenges \ \ 01 June 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/digital-tools)
\ \ \ \ Connecting mental health sector leaders to talk about the mental health reform agenda \ \ 01 June 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/mental-health-reform)
\ \ \ \ Exploring mental health conversations about support and consent \ \ 19 May 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/exploring-mental-health-conversations-about-support-and-consent)
\ \ \ \ How to build momentum in legal design projects \ \ 04 May 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/building-momentum)
\ \ \ \ 2022 AFR BOSS Best Places to work list \ \ 27 April 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/2022-best-places-to-work)
\ \ \ \ Deep dive into our 3 principles for designing a human-centred mental health care system \ \ 21 April 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/mental-health-rnd2)
\ \ \ \ Introducing our deep dive into the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System \ \ 30 March 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/mental-health-rnd1)
\ \ \ \ CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion Pledge \ \ 03 March 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/diversity-and-inclusion-pledge)
\ \ \ \ Reflecting on 10 years of working with the legal sector \ \ 03 March 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/10-years-in-the-legal-sector)
\ \ \ \ Healthy content: designing content that empowers people with low health literacy \ \ 01 February 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/healthycontent)
\ \ \ \ Where legal design is heading for us in 2022 \ \ 20 January 2022](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/legaldesign_2022)
\ \ \ \ Big tech and the erosion of access to justice on a platform near you \ \ 08 November 2021](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/bigtech)
\ \ Github: explain it to me like I’m a designer \ \ 10 August 2021](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/github-explain-it-to-me-like-im-a-designer)
\ \ \ \ Design principles for the mental health sector \ \ 07 July 2021](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/designprinciples_mentalhealth)
\ \ Exploring the digital gender divide in collaboration with young women in Vanuatu and Tonga \ \ 23 June 2021](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/girlsonline_abcinternational)
\ \ \ \ Designing for impact \ \ 12 May 2021](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/designforimpact)
\ \ \ \ Basecamp, why did you blow it all up? \ \ 07 May 2021](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/basecamp)
\ \ \ \ Judging the 2020 Victorian Premier's Design Awards \ \ 08 April 2021](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/premiersdesignawards)
\ \ \ \ Portable announces a new partnership with WhyHive \ \ 02 March 2021](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/whyhivepartnership)
\ \ \ \ Opening up pathways for young people into the creative industries \ \ 18 February 2021](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/homie)
\ \ \ \ How do you deplatform an entire country? Look it up on Google. \ \ 03 February 2021](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/google_media_bargaining_code)
\ \ \ \ Trump’s enduring legacy for freedom on the web \ \ 13 January 2021](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/freedom-on-the-web)
\ \ \ \ See you later 2020 \ \ 23 December 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/seeyoulater2020)
\ \ \ \ Portable welcomes inoutput into its technical team \ \ 15 October 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/inoutput)
\ \ \ \ A new look and feel for Portable \ \ 15 October 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/new_brand)
\ \ \ \ Having healthy conversations about suicide and mental wellbeing \ \ 10 September 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/having-healthy-conversations-about-suicide-and-mental)
\ \ \ \ Increasing access to justice through human-centred design \ \ 20 August 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/increasing-access-to-justice-through-human-centred)
\ \ \ \ The aged care crisis was already here: COVID just made it clear \ \ 06 August 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/the-aged-care-crisis-was-already-here-covid-just-made)
\ \ \ \ Our office is getting a make-over \ \ 22 July 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/office-renovation)
\ \ \ \ The Psychology of Work Post COVID-19 Q&A \ \ 10 July 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/psychology-of-work-qa)
\ \ \ \ Portable Releases New Online Platform for Separating Couples \ \ 07 July 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/online-platform-for-separating-couples)
\ \ \ \ Portable wins gold and silver at the Melbourne Design Awards 2020 \ \ 02 July 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/melbdesignawards2020)
\ \ \ \ Black lives matter everywhere \ \ 09 June 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/black-lives-matter-everywhere)
\ \ \ \ YourCase wins Gold at the 2020 GOV Design Awards \ \ 27 May 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/yourcase_goldaward)
\ \ \ \ Orygen are launching #chatsafe internationally with Facebook \ \ 06 May 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/chatsafe-global)
\ \ \ \ How safe is COVIDSafe? \ \ 29 April 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/how-safe-is-covid-safe)
\ \ \ \ Portable awarded first place for climate change poster campaign \ \ 16 April 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/making-morrison-understand)
\ \ \ \ Portable's response to COVID-19 \ \ 16 March 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/portables-response-to-covid-19)
\ \ \ \ The download on Pause Fest 2020 \ \ 05 March 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/the-download-on-pause-fest-2020)
\ \ \ \ Portable releases YourCase App to help family violence survivors \ \ 26 February 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/yourcase-app-helping-family-violence-survivors)
\ \ \ \ Making this decade one of meaningful design \ \ 28 January 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/meaningful-design)
\ \ \ \ The principles behind our work \ \ 28 January 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/portable-design-principles)
\ \ \ \ A message from Portable's founders \ \ 28 January 2020](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/portable-message-2019)
\ \ \ \ Lost in translation (learning the language of business) \ \ 11 December 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/lost-in-translation-sdnow4)
\ \ \ \ Portable picks: our sources of inspiration \ \ 11 December 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/portable-picks-inspiration)
\ \ \ \ Improving onboarding for users and staff \ \ 10 December 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/improving-onboarding-for-users-and-staff)
\ \ \ \ Redesigning Work: Balance \ \ 18 November 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/redesigning-work-balance)
\ \ \ \ Changing the way we talk about innovation in government \ \ 15 November 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/changing-how-we-talk-about-innovation-in-government)
\ \ \ \ Approaching youth justice with a design mindset \ \ 30 October 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/approaching-youth-justice-with-a-design-mindset)
\ \ \ \ Digging deeper into our education report \ \ 24 October 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/digging-deeper-into-our-education-report)
\ \ \ \ What does it take to make a Deathable City? \ \ 11 October 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/what-does-it-take-to-make-a-deathable-city)
\ \ \ \ Making strides in micro-lending \ \ 08 October 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/making-strides-in-micro-lending)
\ \ \ \ Introducing young people to design thinking \ \ 26 September 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/introducing-young-people-to-design-thinking)
\ \ \ \ Bringing design thinking to education and environment \ \ 23 September 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/bringing-design-thinking-to-education-and-environment)
\ \ \ \ B Corp behind the scenes: how Portable prioritises purpose in business \ \ 25 July 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/b-corp-at-portable-behind-the-scenes)
\ \ \ \ The UX of voluntary assisted dying: friction and complexity as safeguards \ \ 17 July 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/the-ux-of-voluntary-assisted-dying)
\ \ \ \ Connecting with the international legal design community \ \ 10 July 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/connecting-with-the-international-legal-design-community)
\ \ \ \ A blockchain listicle for designers \ \ 06 June 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/a-blockchain-listicle-for-designers)
\ \ \ \ Portable’s Approach to Artificial Intelligence V1 \ \ 30 May 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/portables-approach-to-artificial-intelligence-v1)
\ \ \ \ The real infrastructure debate: how metrofitting can repair cities and lifestyles \ \ 22 May 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/how-metrofitting-can-repair-cities-and-lifestyles)
\ \ \ \ When design gets personal \ \ 08 May 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/when-design-gets-personal)
\ \ \ \ 90 people, 2 days: a crash course in design thinking \ \ 16 April 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/crash-course-in-design-thinking)
\ \ \ \ How human-centred design elevates AI \ \ 29 January 2019](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/how-human-centred-design-elevates-ai)
\ \ \ \ Design your death: a Portable R&D demo evening \ \ 04 December 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/death-design-research-and-development)
\ \ \ \ Present the Story, Not the Report \ \ 03 September 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/present-the-story-not-the-report)
\ \ \ \ A statement of work \ \ 03 September 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/a-statement-of-work)
\ \ \ \ Design thinking: helping put the 'public' in public policy \ \ 31 August 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/design-thinking-in-public-policy)
\ \ \ \ Storytelling moves to Conversational UI \ \ 14 August 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/storytelling-moves-to-conversational-ui)
\ \ \ \ We believe in Government \ \ 18 July 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/we-believe-in-government)
\ \ \ \ New Approaches to Designing the News \ \ 09 July 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/new-approaches-to-designing-the-news)
\ \ \ \ Five key takeaways from the Law & Courts Conference \ \ 09 July 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/five-key-takeaways-from-the-law--courts-conference)
\ \ \ \ Redesigning Work: Does the Office Need a Redesign? \ \ 09 July 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/redesigning-work-does-the-office-need-a-redesign)
\ \ \ \ What does the future of work look like? \ \ 09 July 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/what-does-the-future-of-work-look-like)
\ \ \ \ Designing Invisible Systems for Government \ \ 09 July 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/designing-invisible-systems-for-government)
\ \ \ \ Introducing YourCase: A tool to reimagine the court experience \ \ 09 July 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/introducing-yourcase-a-tool-to-reimagine-the-court-experience)
\ \ \ \ Portable Picks: The Best Design Books \ \ 09 July 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/portable-picks-the-best-design-books)
\ \ \ \ YourCase: Redesigning the delivery and experience of justice \ \ 09 July 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/yourcase-redesigning-the-delivery-and-experience-of-justice)
\ \ \ \ The Future of Design is Data Driven \ \ 09 July 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/the-future-of-design-is-data-driven)
\ \ \ \ Portable Picks: Our Favourite Design-Related Podcasts \ \ 09 July 2018](https://www.portable.com.au/articles/portable-picks-our-favourite-design-related-podcasts)
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