Author: Justin Hendry

Australia presses Washington to lift AUKUS tech transfer

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia is pressing US lawmakers to include new AUKUS technology transfer provisions in defence legislation that could pass this year, in a move that would extend the reach of...

Businesses to be charged to use myID under new model

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Businesses will be slugged a fee to use the government’s digital identity platform myID when it expands to the private sector later this year as Canberra looks to recoup...

Canberra pays Microsoft $100m for tech support

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will pay Microsoft more than $100 million just for technical support over the next three years, dwarfing the costs of a previous support deal with the...

‘Data rich, intelligence poor’: The challenge facing govt

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
Australia’s public sector has spent years building the digital foundations for more connected, responsive and secure services. But as agencies work towards the ambitions of the 2030 Data and...

Qld digital fund unlocks $273m for new systems

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New money for legacy system upgrades and high performance computing platforms used for data-intensive policy challenges are among the initial projects funded through the Queensland Government Digital Fund. Tuesday’s...