The government decision to abandon its long-running plan to outsource the country’s visa processing system has been welcomed by the federal Opposition and public sector unions as a “win...
Public Sector
Posted on
| by James Riley
The government has quietly abandoned its highly contentious billion-dollar plan to outsource the nations visa processing systems, despite already spending more than $80 million on the tender process. Acting...
Posted on
| by InnovationAus
BRIGHT ADS Beamlines Photon Delivery System The ADS beamlines are the fifth and sixth beamlines being built within the Australian Synchrotron/ANSTO BR–GHT program. The ADS beamlines project encompasses design, procurement, build/installation and...
Posted on
| by James Riley
The federal government will provide funding for subsidised telehealth sessions and a new smartphone app providing information on the coronavirus as part of a $2.4 billion package. As part...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s troubled digital ID project is set to be used for online age verification, with biometrics capability also to be launched by the middle of the year....
Posted on
| by James Riley
The Australian Signals Directorate has an important role to play in helping build Australian sovereign capability in cybersecurity, in software development, and in the creation of a resilient ecosystem...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The federal government is on the hunt for a private company to provide it a 24/7 data platform allowing it to conduct searches to verify information about welfare recipients....
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The Industry department’s lack of an email subscription service has led to concerns over a lack of transparency and inability for the general public to access information and take...
Posted on
| by James Riley
The Australian Signals Directorate’s fundamental restructure of government cybersecurity support infrastructure is a potential disaster for home-grown tech companies and a disaster for Australia’s sovereign capability. The devil will...
Posted on
| by James Riley
At a time when global cyber security threats have never been more real, the Australian Signals Directorate has abandoned its Cloud Services Certification Program, until now the gold-standard for...
Posted on
| by InnovationAus
Programs to build capability for the Australian Trade and Investment Commission Austrade is looking for suitable service providers to develop and deliver capability development programs that addresses skills covering...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
A Senate committee has ordered the government to ditch its visa outsourcing plans, which has already cost $87 million before a bidder has even been selected. The Senate committee,...
Posted on
| by James Riley
The Morrison government has named a 14-member advisory committee of digital experts made up of industry groups, multinationals and startups to guide the Prime Minister’s recently-established Digital Technology Taskforce....
Posted on
| by James Riley
Remember a few years back when ICT procurement reform was all about breaking up big vendor contracts? Remember no contracts were to be valued at more than $100 million,...