Author: James Riley

‘Trust us’ on contact tracing, govt says

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian public can trust the government to build and run a contact tracing app that is secure and preserves privacy, a number of Coalition ministers have argued. After...

Labor in the dark on contact tracing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Opposition has not been consulted at all on the federal government’s plans for developing a COVID-19 contact tracing app, amid concerns it will “fail” unless privacy and protections...

AFP admits using ‘problematic’ face app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian Federal Police has used the controversial Clearview AI app on multiple occasions despite previously denying it had ever accessed the “deeply problematic” facial recognition platform. Founded by...

Contact tracing app expected in weeks

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A Bluetooth-based contact tracing app is being developed through the federal Digital Transformation Agency and will be launched within weeks by the federal government. Media organisations were provided details...

Govt paid $2m for COVID info app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government paid a local mobile-first digital services company nearly $2 million to build its official COVID-19 information app. Canberra-based tech firm Delv was contracted by the Digital...

Roy Green on a new manufacturing regime

Posted on   |  by Roy Green
Every crisis provides an opportunity and COVID-19 is no exception. Not only has it exposed the gaps in Australia’s manufacturing supply chains, but it has also more broadly demonstrated...

Crowdsourcing a new manufacturing plan

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Australia’s industry structure is broken – so with your help we are going to develop a new deal manufacturing plan to help make it right. It has taken COVID-19 to...

Zero trust is the new cyber game

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Strict policy-based structures no longer meet the security needs of organisations in a modern digital economy and would be better served through the creation of zero trust environments augmented...

Digital groups call for COVID app transparency

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is yet to respond to a series of transparency and data security issues surrounding its official COVID-19 information app that have been raised by a number...