Human Services Minister Alan Tudge says the continuation of the error-prone Centrelink debt recovery scheme was necessary to maintain the “integrity” of Australia’s welfare system. Mr Tudge said the...
Policy
Posted on
| by James Riley
Shadow Human Services minister Linda Burney has accused the Minister responsible for the Centrelink debt recovery debacle of “going into hiding” over the issue as an independent investigation into...
Posted on
| by James Riley
The federal government continues to back its highly controversial automated Centrelink debt recovery system despite heavy criticism and digital transformation heavyweight Paul Shetler labelling it “appalling”. The newly automated...
Posted on
| by James Riley
The high error rate of Centrelink’s automated debt recovery operation is “catastrophic”, “shocking”, “appalling” and “extremely preventable,” according to the Turnbull Government’s former digital transformation tsar Paul Shetler. And...
Posted on
| by James Riley
Ho, Ho, Ho, you beautiful people. We are readying the car for an insanely long road-trip through the deserts of the ‘real Australia’ and have been gathering all the...
Posted on
| by Michael Sainsbury
This week the first trailer for the movie every tech-head has been waiting for popped up. I’m talking about the sequel to the 1982 science fiction classic Blade Runner,...
Posted on
| by James Riley
With the appointment this month of investment managers to oversee the $500 million Biomedical Translation Fund, Industry Minister Greg Hunt will likely now turn to the creation of a...
Posted on
| by Stuart Kennedy
The ATO has moved to absolve itself of any deficiency in IT operations management skills after ruining Christmas for the nation’s tax accountants with an unprecedented three day outage....
Posted on
| by Mark Gregory
The Turnbull Government has released draft legislation for an industry levy called the Regional Broadband Scheme (RBS) that will partially fund NBN Co’s loss-making fixed-wireless and satellite services. This...
Posted on
| by Graeme Philipson
Australia’s copyright laws have been a joke for years. Until 2006 it was illegal to record your own CDs onto tape for your own use. Today it remains illegal...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
An unlikely rivalry has emerged as the most compelling state-versus-state contest for attracting the best and most promising startup talent. Victoria and Queensland have both developed a set of...
Posted on
| by James Riley
The controversial Innovation and Science Australia tender seeking outside consultants to design a strategy to build Australia’s innovation ecosystem has been awarded to Howard Partners, a boutique agency based...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
Just weeks into Kate Cornick’s tenure as CEO of LaunchVic, the independent government body is readying to move offices. It’s a symbolic move as much as a logistical one,...
Posted on
| by James Riley
The Prime Minister’s special advisor on cybersecurity will join with freshly-minted Australian Cyber Security Growth Centre Network CEO Craig Davies to lead an Austrade delegation of 20 local companies...