Nearly three-quarters of individuals participating in the InnovationAus’ Selling to Government 2020 survey say the process for selling technology into the federal government is neither simple, nor transparent. And...
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The Law Council of Australia has “grave concern” about the government’s plan to remove judicial oversight from the issuing of warrants under a completely new Surveillance Act. In response...
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Authorities will be given the ability to take over the online accounts of Australians and hack into networks to change or delete data for alleged crimes that carry jail...
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The Digital Transformation Agency has signed its seventh whole-of-government purchasing agreement with a foreign-headquartered tech giant – this time it is with Oracle – with the expressed aim to...
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The Queensland state budget has provided few new initiatives focused on technology and innovation and follows the Palaszczuk government’s six-month freeze on new IT projects. The Queensland budget came...
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There will be no fixes to the government’s highly controversial encryption powers this year with a committee report on the legislation now more than two months delayed. It has...
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The government’s proposed new powers to step in and take control of a company during a cyber-attack should not be applied to data storage companies, according to the Australian...
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Victoria has become the first state in Australia to go to the private market for a COVID-19 vaccination management system as part of a whirlwind four-day tender process, with...
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The government has launched a new consultation process for its Digital Transformation Strategy refresh, which aims to embrace the accelerated change of the COVID-19 pandemic response to continue and...
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Governments are by far the largest buyers of information and communications technology in Australia. The federal government alone spends about $8 billion to $9 billion on ICT products and...
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The settlement of the class action lawsuit against robodebt for $112 million in compensation minus legal fees has “shafted” the victims of the unlawful debt recovery scheme, according to...
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The country’s privacy regulator will release its first report on COVIDSafe within weeks, with the national audit office also considering scrutinising the federal government’s controversial contact tracing app. The...
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The federal government has opened the consultation process on draft legislation expanding its digital identity scheme to state governments and the private sector, with plans to put current privacy...
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The government will pay $112 million in compensation to 400,000 victims of its robodebt scheme as part of a $1.2 billion class action lawsuit settlement over its use of...