Finance minister Katy Gallagher says the federal government will continue single-sourcing arrangements with tech giants “where they deliver value”, but that some of the deals are falling short. She...
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NSW’s refreshed cybersecurity strategy will strengthen governance and deliver critical support to all agencies across government, regardless of their size or location, according to the state’s cyber chief. Marie...
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The New South Wales government has issued new “Australian-first” guidance directing public servants to set clear authority limits for AI agents and monitor their activity in real-time. The guidance,...
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The Digital Transformation Agency has nearly doubled the reported cost of its previous whole-of-government cloud contract with Amazon Web Services months after it ended and was replaced with a...
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Services Australia officials on Friday testified they did not know which government agency is struggling under the weight of AI generated Freedom of Information requests, despite it being their...
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The Queensland government has moved to expand access to incentive payments through its flagship biomedical research institute as part of changes designed to improve accountability, flexibility and commercial outcomes....
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Federal public servants have been given the green light to feed routine operational information into public generative artificial intelligence tools, in a move designed to encourage broader adoption of...
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The National Disability Insurance Agency has handed Salesforce almost $100 million in the two years it has been investigating suspected misconduct of its staff that involved the software giant....
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The Employment department still accepts the substance of Deloitte’s AI-error riddled report on Australia’s welfare compliance system, which could not assure it was operating effectively and was a punitive...
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The Digital Transformation Agency continues to struggle to meet its obligations under the Commonwealth Procurement Rules, three years after it was first pulled up for widespread non-compliance. A follow-up...
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The Industry department has quietly disbanded its dedicated quantum arm and folded it into a new critical technologies unit, prompting concerns the policy area is being de-emphasised by government....
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The software and services suppliers delivering the government’s troubled aged care tech upgrade tacked an extra $26 million onto their contracts as the deadline to roll out the upgrades...
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The federal government’s exclusive Microsoft licensing agreement with Data#3 is being market tested for the first time in eight years, potentially ending the reseller’s almost 20-year stranglehold on Canberra....
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A new facial recognition system will be embedded within the New South Wales government’s licence and photocard register before the end of 2026, giving agencies better fraud detection capabilities....