Author: Joseph Brookes

PwC lands $3.7m deal to revamp APS data tool

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A decades old employment data tool that holds sensitive information on 815,000 public servants will be redeveloped on an accelerated schedule by consultants under a $3.7 million contract. Consulting...

Govt cyber reset to make Australia ‘most secure’ country

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Australia will be “the world’s most cyber-secure country by 2030” under an ambitious new plan outlined by Cyber minister Clare O’Neil in Canberra on Thursday. It includes an entirely...

Big Tech inquiry eyes cloud, competition and the metaverse

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Australian lawmakers will consider a new regulator, rules for algorithms and a light touch approach to the metaverse while “mapping” Big Tech over the next year. The focus is...

Time’s up for government procurement reform

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Former senior public servants have blasted the federal government’s technology procurement “failings”, including almost no action on the reforms promised half a decade ago, while calling for an overhaul...

NSW startups share in $5m Physical Sciences Fund

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Low-cost green hydrogen, construction site dust monitors, AI-based crop prediction software and a connected vehicles platform are among the solutions to receive support from the New South Wales government’s...

Senate will now scrutinise $15bn reconstruction fund bill

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The Senate’s economics committee will probe the legislation behind Labor’s $15 billion industry restart plan over the summer, with any changes to be recommended to Parliament by its second...