UK public servants saved an average of 26 minutes each day using Microsoft’s generative AI tool during a large-scale trial last year – less than half the time Australians...
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On a day when newly appointed Industry minister Tim Ayres said Australia’s trade unions needed a stronger voice in managing the impact of technology in the workplace, the union...
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Federal government agencies have struck contracts worth almost $300 million with Amazon Web Services following the arrival of the renegotiated whole of government agreement. Amid transparency concerns over the...
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The federal Health department has been locked in a year-and-a-half long legal battle over whether it owns software developed by subcontractors, after the consultancy that sat in the middle...
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Queensland is making a play to become Australia’s most customer-centric government, announcing plans on Friday to consolidate most day-to-day transactions under the one roof. Just months after creating a...
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The Tasmanian government has selected Epic Systems for its new statewide electronic medical record, becoming the third Australian jurisdiction to settle on the US-based software firm in five years....
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A program to re-source $3.7 billion worth of managed technology services at the tax office has been marred by conflicts of interest involving the agency’s chief information officer and...
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Services Australia ramped up its testing of automation and artificial intelligence last year in preparation for wider deployments aimed at cutting costs and improving services in 2025, despite incomplete...
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A federal government decision to withhold the cost of its latest three-year cloud mega-deal with Amazon Web Services has sparked transparency concerns and criticism that it has been strong-armed...
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Victoria looks set to ramp up its use of artificial intelligence in regulatory decisions, with the state government revealing plans to use the technology to replace “outdated processes” as...
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The Bureau of Meteorology has inked a $7.4 million cloud service deal with AWS, kicking off the US hyperscaler’s new whole of government arrangement as a review of volume...
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A landmark commission into NSW health funding has called for a radical expansion of the state’s $1 billion digital patient record system so GPs and not for profit hospitals...
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In this episode of Commercial Disco, host James Riley and InnovationAus.com editor Justin Hendry discuss the Cabinet reshuffle following the Albanese government’s landslide victory in the May federal election....
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NSW Health will move to diversify and re-balance its portfolio of research and innovation investments under a more risk-averse approach that creates “lasting impact and value”. The new approach...