In the wake of speculation that the Australian government may appoint Victor Dominello to ‘something’ significant to do with the digital delivery of government services, it’s worth considering the...
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Former Service NSW chief executive Damon Rees will lead the federal government’s independent review of the modernising business registers program, which Treasury estimates will cost $1 billion more than...
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The rollout of a $130 million Accenture-built security vetting system has faced “substantial challenges”, with some staff redeployed to manually process clearances to meet the growing backlog. The ongoing...
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Draft online safety codes developed by industry were rejected by the eSafety Commissioner due to shortcomings that had already been flagged, firming the prospect that the government will develop...
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Australia is unlikely to achieve its goal of becoming one of the top three digital governments globally by 2025 without significantly more investment in digital services, according to finance...
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A plan for a centralised health database in Victoria that denies patients the right to opt-out has been revived by the state government, reigniting privacy and data security fears...
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The New South Wales government has all but exhausted its flagship digital fund, with less than $150 million remaining in the once cashed-up Digital Restart Fund for new projects...
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Australia’s commercial office sector has undergone a significant shift since the start of the pandemic. Although life has returned mostly back to normal on the surface, the lingering effects...
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Some cryptocurrency products may be “fundamentally incompatible with the existing financial services regulatory framework”, according to Treasury, as it begins consulting on the government’s token mapping exercise. Treasury released...
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New South Wales residents will be given the choice of adding their Medicare card to the Service NSW app and viewing their digital driver’s licence in myGov after the...
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The federal government shunned its own website content management system in favour of Adobe when myGov was redeveloped due to its “limited functionality”, only to leave Adobe’s content personalisation...
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An independent audit of myGov has urged the federal government to commit long-term ongoing funding of more than $100 million a year to the platform to ensure it becomes...
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The Albanese government will restore the Australian Interactive Games Fund (AIGF) almost a decade after it was cut by the former Abbott government, pledging an initial investment of $12...
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Verifying the government-issued digital identity credentials of voters before they cast an electronic ballot is now “entirely appropriate”, according to the architect of the now-abandoned iVote platform, but any...