Author: Justin Hendry

One and done: No plans for future across govt AI trials

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The Digital Transformation Agency has ruled out future cross-government trials of generative AI products just months after more than 7,600 public servants tested Microsoft Copilot. The decision, which puts...

ATO pays Deloitte almost $1m for GovERP follow-on plan

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Deloitte will be paid close to $1 million to devise a plan for the tax office’s enterprise resource planning overhaul as part of the federal government’s latest attempt to...

Inquiry calls for new ‘sophisticated investor’ tests

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Sophisticated investor rules should be overhauled to take into account knowledge and experience tests, a parliamentary committee has recommended in a bid to boost local capital investment. The call...

The growing impact of SaaS on shared services

Posted on   |  by Munir Kotadia
The just-created federal ERP marketplace is a generational re-write of the government’s enterprise software strategy, giving departments and agencies a broader choice and new opportunities for tailored deployments.  Established...

ACS booked a $7m loss last year – its first in a decade

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The Australian Computer Society reported an almost $7 million loss last financial year, marking its first deficit in more than a decade and forcing the organisation to eat into...

IGP backs local battery tech in latest grants round

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Battery storage manufacturer Allegro Energy is one of five local scaleups to share in the latest allocation of funds from the federal government’s flagship innovation pipeline program. Allegro Energy,...

Services Australia inks $226m data centre deal

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Services Australia will pay the largest provider of data centre services to the federal government almost $4 million per month over the next five years under a new hosting...

Govt drops $272m on local radar tech for ADF

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Australia will buy as many as 14 muti-mission phased array radars from CEA Technologies, the defence tech manufacturer acquired by the federal governments in 2023. Defence minister Richard Marles...