As governments accelerate digital transformation programs, the conversation is shifting beyond technology itself toward a more complex question: how to modernise public services while maintaining trust, accessibility and accountability. For global software company...
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Canberra tech firm Reason Group has secured one of its biggest ever federal deals to help the Industry department with artificial intelligence, as the Albanese government pushes the technology...
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In a week where large-scale, AI-related job cuts have impacted across the private sector, Finance minister Katy Gallagher says the AI measures so far introduced in the Australian Public...
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The federal government will pay more than $5 million a month for the Salesforce software powering the National Disability Insurance Scheme, under a newly signed contract with the US...
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Tens of thousands of bureaucrats will participate in trials of a generative artificial intelligence chatbot this year as part of the federal government’s plans to lift tech capability within...
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The federal government has inked a new mega-deal with tech giant Microsoft, promising greater savings for agencies after a strategic review found discounts were “difficult to quantify”. The Digital...
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Australia’s peak tech industry body has hit out at plans to flag companies that bungle federal digital contracts on an underperformance register, warning the move will inflict lasting reputational...
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Former Department of Employment and Workplace Relations secretary Natalie James was paid more than $845,000 as part of a termination package in the wake of her sudden sacking by...
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As artificial intelligence seeps into the federal government’s major tech projects and public servants’ everyday workflows, Finance minister Katy Gallagher says there is still no appetite for failure. Senator...
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Uncertainty remains around delivery of the long-promised National Firearms Register (NFR), a Senate committee has been told, with most states and territories still struggling to transition from paper record-keeping...
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The first detailed analysis of the federal government’s artificial intelligence transparency statements shows many agencies are still falling short of expectations almost 18 months into the policy. The transparency...
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The number of federal government digital projects in crisis has dropped to its lowest level in two years, as Canberra’s efforts to impose tighter oversight on its multi-billion dollar...
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No Bureau of Meteorology staff or its tech contractors will face sanctions for its $98 million website bungle, its recently appointed chief executive Stuart Minchin confirmed on Monday. At...
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The Queensland government will mobilise a 120-strong team of public servants to fix its botched child safety IT system after an independent audit revealed critical functionality was stripped out...