Outgoing Liberal ministers responsible for the state’s digital services and innovation push thanked family, friends and advisors in valedictory speeches in New South Wales Parliament on Tuesday. Both former...
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A consumer-facing My Health Record smartphone app built for the federal government has hit further delays and is now not expected to be publicly released until early 2023, a...
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All three federal ministers responsible for digital and cybersecurity will take part in the first inter-jurisdictional meeting of digital ministers to occur since the formation of the new Albanese...
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Biometrically anchored digital identities would go a long way to preventing a repeat of the massive irreversible loss of identity information experienced with the Optus data breach, the Department...
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More than half of all staff at the Digital Transformation Agency left in the 12 months following a significant restructure that stripped it of technology and service delivery responsibilities....
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A New South Wales parliamentary committee has “strongly endorsed” an inquiry into the development and use of artificial intelligence next year after referral by Customer Service and Digital Government...
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Digital voting has been written out of New South Wales electoral law following the Electoral Commissioner’s decision to scrap the iVote system until after the 2023 state election, as...
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Ahead of the Australia-Israel Innovation Summit, MarineTech venture capital fund theDOCK’s co-founder Hannan Carmeli shared his thoughts on automation opportunities in the maritime sector and his aim to build...
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The public stoush between Twitter and Elon Musk appears to be coming to an end – with Musk finally agreeing to buy the social platform. Musk will inevitably shape...
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The Auditor-General’s damning assessment of procurement practices at the Digital Transformation Agency highlights an urgent need for a closer examination of how the federal government selects and acquires technology....
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Just over a week ago, I upgraded my three-year-old iPhone to a shiny new model. It was a pretty smooth experience until I went to use the myGovID app...
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For the first time since 2018 Australia’s digital competitiveness ranking has improved, rising six places to 14th, although this remains below the country’s fifth place peak in 2015. The...
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Delivering the final maiden speech of the Forty-Seventh Parliament, former Accenture managing director and Kevin Rudd economic adviser Dr Andrew Charlton said the government must support the uptake of...
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An examination of the Digital Transformation Agency’s most costly procurements has found it did not manage risks or follow Commonwealth Procurement Rules, and “fell short of ethical requirements” in...