Author: James Riley

Deloitte’s myGov beta work quietly tops $30m

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government has quietly handed Deloitte a further $1.2 million for work on the myGov beta to cover an additional two months’ work, with the consulting giant now having...

Selling to govt: Not simple and not transparent

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Nearly three-quarters of individuals participating in the InnovationAus’ Selling to Government 2020 survey say the process for selling technology into the federal government is neither simple, nor transparent. And...

AFP’s new hacking powers referred to committee

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government will refer legislation handing sweeping hacking powers to the AFP to the Parliamentary intelligence and security committee amid concerns the extraordinary new powers would lead to “poisoned...

‘Grave concern’ over changes to Surveillance Act

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Law Council of Australia has “grave concern” about the government’s plan to remove judicial oversight from the issuing of warrants under a completely new Surveillance Act. In response...

Bank-backed FinTech platform Lygon is now live

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Backed by a consortium including ANZ Bank, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, IBM and Scentre Group, Lygon is a new digital platform that uses distributed Ledger technology to transform...

Stiglitz backs Australia’s Big Tech media code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Former World Bank chief economist and Nobel laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz has thrown his support behind Australia’s proposed mandatory news bargaining code for big tech companies, but said the...

Industry joins forces to boost digital literacy

Posted on   |  by Stuart Corner
In March this year, with COVID-19 starting to impact the Australian economy, the Federal Minister for Industry, Science, and Technology Karen Andrews convened a virtual roundtable of technology company...

AFP’s ‘expansion of authoritarian powers’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Authorities will be given the ability to take over the online accounts of Australians and hack into networks to change or delete data for alleged crimes that carry jail...

Local tech misses out on federal opportunities

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency has signed its seventh whole-of-government purchasing agreement with a foreign-headquartered tech giant – this time it is with Oracle – with the expressed aim to...