The most advanced artificial intelligence models aren’t powerful enough to accurately scrutinise bills and laws, new research shows, but a senior legal academic says more and murkier legislation sent...
Public Sector
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A multi-billion dollar fund set up to deliver agile funding to digital projects in New South Wales largely achieved its objectives, a review has found, giving the state government...
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A series of massive deals negotiated with select tech giants remain a “vital” bargaining chip for the government, which it claims net $1.6 billion in savings for agencies over...
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A federal agency leading the government’s AI rollout across the public service has begun building its AI workforce after securing funding late last year to support its growing mandate....
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Anthropic has broken OpenAI’s monopoly on federal government AI services, with two onshore versions of its powerful Claude model now available to agencies through GovAI. The models – Claude...
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Bureaucrats have begun a painstaking process of reviewing individual business rules in their 40-year-old Centrelink IT system, after an audit revealed $5 billion in incorrect age pension payments. The...
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The NSW government has unveiled the first major revision to its cybersecurity strategy since 2021, setting out a two-year plan to boost cyber resilience through improved governance and incident...
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Consulting giant Accenture has landed a $30 million deal to build the platform that will be used by the electoral commission to expose political donations in near real-time across...
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An outside audit of alleged corruption within a federal innovation program under the previous Coalition government could not substantiate claims of secret payments and insider information sharing. But the accuser...
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High-risk AI projects in New South Wales will be automatically flagged for external review under a redesigned AI Assessment Framework, replacing an existing process that leaves room for guesswork....
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The federal Health department is putting its $897 million enterprise computing deal to market, offering suppliers a chance to dislodge incumbent Datacom from its 12-year outsourcing arrangement. A new...
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Almost four years into the Albanese government’s consultants purge, agencies are still on the hook for almost $600 million in large active consultant contracts, new integrity disclosures show. The...
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A violent stabbing in a Services Australia centre in 2023 has sent Canberra’s biggest tech agency to market this month for new investigation software. Services Australia last week launched...
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Outdated and “clunky” technology is holding back public servants at the heart of government, an independent review of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has found. The capability...