Consultants and contractors will be banned from performing “core” government work like drafting regulation and leading policy development under new rules from the Albanese government released on Tuesday. Outsourcing...
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A complete rebuild of Bureau of Meteorology IT systems initiated in response to a 2015 hack by suspected foreign adversaries is “well within” budget despite several related contracts almost...
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Mike Pezzullo is still receiving his near $1 million salary despite being stood down as secretary to the Department of Home Affairs over concerns about his relationship with a...
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The state enterprise in charge of Victoria’s rail infrastructure misled the government while convincing it to invest $82.5 million into commercialising unproven technology in partnership with Xerox, according to...
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The purchasing decisions of the former New South Wales government and their impact on the state’s manufacturing sector will be front and centre of a new parliamentary inquiry into...
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Multinational businesses are gaming Commonwealth Procurement Rules to maintain their tendering advantage over small and medium- sized enterprises, according to Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson....
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The agency responsible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme accepted Salesforce’s bid to deliver a new customer relationship management system knowing it would be “significantly” more expensive than Microsoft,...
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Legislation introduced to the Queensland Parliament on Thursday will establish a mandatory data breach notification scheme for the state’s government agencies, addressing recommendations made half a decade ago. If...
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PwC’s spin off company Scyne got the green light from Canberra on Thursday to continue its predecessor’s government work and take its spot on the lucrative management advisory panel....
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The cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s new Salesforce customer relationship management system has blown out by more than 100 per cent, documents obtained by InnovationAus.com reveal. The...
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Silicon Quantum Computing has landed a contract with the NSW government to design bespoke quantum hardware solutions that could be used to solve optimisation problems on Sydney’s complex public...
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Salesforce has been handed another $4 million for the customer relationship management system that will serve the National Disability Insurance Scheme from late October, bringing the cost of its...
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Startups and smaller tech firms wanting to break into the federal government market will have to wait another six months to do so after the Digital Transformation Agency pushed...
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KPMG has been accused of treating the Senate with contempt after a new document appeared to show the consulting firm had been ‘power mapping’ more than 70 public servants...