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intelligence in regulatory decisions, with the state government revealing plans to use the technology to replace “outdated processes” as...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...
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The NSW government has temporarily paused negotiations with SAP for a renewed software sourcing agreement as it develops a new strategy for shared services technology. The pause on talks,...
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A critical minerals reserve proposed for Australia in the wake of sweeping US tariffs on global exports is “not intervention, it’s support”, Resources minister Madeleine King has declared. “…...
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Federal government agencies that missed a key AI transparency deadline earlier this year have now largely fallen into line, with just two mandatory declarations still outstanding across the public...
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Spending on external consultants in the Victorian government has returned to 2018 levels, with new data released by the state’s auditor-general showing a sharp drop off in work last...
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The federal government has opened the consultation process for an independent review of its seven technology mega-deals, collectively worth more than a billion dollars each year. The review of...
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The NSW Electoral Commission is pressing the state government to allow it to recycle unspent funding on “urgent” fixes to legacy systems, as it awaits money for a more...
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Accenture’s contract to build an aged care platform was overstated by almost $18 million and only corrected six months after the work was completed, in one of the biggest...