A large-scale digital transformation project within the Victorian courts is running three years late and is more than $30 million over budget, as it grapples with an increasing scope...
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The eSafety Commissioner has abandoned its Federal Court case against Elon Musk’s X, just days after two prominent US digital rights groups were approved to intervene in the matter....
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The federal government’s long-running Medicare tech upgrade project has been placed back on “red” status due to delays to a number of deliverables, with nearly $400 million already spent....
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The majority of $50 million in upgrades to myGov will be done by public servants as Services Australia moves away from systems integrators but faces a growing software bill....
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A trial of age verification technologies will be managed by the Department of Communications, but technical effectiveness tests will be done by a third-party expert selected through a competitive...
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Digital platforms now face additional online safety standards when deploying generative AI and recommender algorithms through updates to the regulator’s Basic Online Safety Expectations. A key new requirement is...
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A pair of major US digital rights organisations have been approved to intervene in the eSafety Commissioner’s ongoing case against Elon Musk’s X in another blow to the Australian...
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Four artificial intelligence centres focused on helping small to medium-sized enterprises safely adopt the technology have been announced by Industry and Science minister Ed Husic. Sharing in $16.3 million,...
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Google has rolled out its latest experimental search feature on Chrome, Firefox and the Google app browser to hundreds of millions of users. “AI Overviews” saves you clicking on...
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Australia’s corporate regulator will not implement AI technology to read and summarise hundreds of submissions to public consultations after a trial found the machine summaries were “bland” and not...
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The Western Australian government has introduced long-awaited privacy legislation, promising its first-ever privacy commissioner and a mandatory data breach notification scheme should it pass before the fast-approaching election. The...
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Digital driver’s licences will be trialed in the Northern Territory before the end of next year, with the government announcing $20 million in funding to become the fifth jurisdiction...
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The forecast bill for Australia’s 2026 Census has cracked $30 million, with the government to again rely on Amazon Web Services cloud technologies but ditch troubled consultancy PwC for...
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Legislation for a long-awaited overhaul of Australia’s outdated privacy laws will be introduced to Parliament in less than four months, rounding out a policy reform process that has been...