Author: Justin Hendry

NSW Labor promises to cut govt outsourcing by $1.6bn

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NSW Labor will cut government spending on external contractors by 25 per cent and use the $1.6 billion in savings to improve essential services like education and health if...

Home Affairs restructuring to give govt a cyber ‘spine’

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A restructure of the Department of Home Affairs is being progressed to reorientate the national security agency around issues of cybersecurity and foreign interference amid a worsening geopolitical environment....

Dominello’s swan song: Digital ID our ‘Holy Grail’

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Outgoing NSW digital minister Victor Dominello has used his last ministerial address to champion the state’s forthcoming decentralised digital identity system as a lever for “huge micro-economic reform”. Mr...

My Health Record app launches at last

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The federal government has launched its My Health Record mobile app a year later than first planned to improve access to the digital health record that has long been...

Rod Sims to chair National Data Advisory Council

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Former competition watchdog Rod Sims will chair the council tasked with advising the National Data Commissioner on issues relating to the federal government’s new data sharing scheme. Mr Sims,...

Shorten gets on board Estonia’s digital bandwagon

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Government services minister Bill Shorten will push the Treasurer for investment in a “distributed, services orientated architecture” after a study tour to leading digital nations in Europe last year....