New South Wales led the way in improving digital government services across Australia during the pandemic, according to a new report by Salesforce which calls for more government data...
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Whether it’s driving a car, making a medical diagnosis by referencing a database of historical cases, finding potential new drugs, or playing chess, artificial intelligence is increasingly performing tasks...
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State, territory and Commonwealth digital ministers have agreed to press ahead with the Prime Minister’s plan for national consistent digital identity and data sharing schemes, and noted the rollout...
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Google faces fines and compliance orders after a Federal Court Judge ruled on Friday that the tech giant had misled Australian consumers when it tracked their location even after...
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Australia’s FinTech and neobank industry is growing frustrated at the slow pace and arduous requirements of the Consumer Data Right (CDR) – once heralded as a landmark reform –...
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Visionary businesses in Australia are starting to plan for real-time action (and reactions) – from products or service delivery to responding to market disruptions. At Verizon, we are having...
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The privacy watchdog has urged the government to reverse its plan to exempt any information sent under its new data-sharing scheme from Freedom of Information requests. Legislation introducing a...
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NDIS participants, including some with intellectual disabilities, were “lured” into participating in trials of the controversial new independent assessments with “scam-like” text messages, former NDIS Technology Authority chief Marie...
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The privacy watchdog is conducting initial inquiries into the latest Facebook data leak which exposed the personal information of 553 million users, including 7.3 million Australians. A user in...
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New laws that “fundamentally change” the way the federal government handles the personal data of Australians will have “enormous consequences” for individual privacy, civil and digital rights groups have...
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The federal government is preparing to launch an NDIS app within months, amid concerns raised by former NDIS Technology Authority chief Marie Johnson that experimentations with new technologies through...
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Industry and professional groups are confident the local technology sector will not be lost in Monday’s cabinet reshuffle, which saw Karen Andrews elevated from the Industry portfolio to Home...
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Applications are now open for grants for blockchain projects that demonstrate how the technology can reduce compliance costs for business. The Industry department will administer funding of up to...
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In an era where technology and the proliferation of data is creating valuable insights for businesses and consumers to understand the world around them, our visibility of government remains...