Controversial National Disability Insurance Scheme software and Australia’s fledgling Digital ID system will go under the audit office microscope this year amid concerns about both schemes. The audit on...
Public Sector
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Proposed legislation to ban unethical contractors from government procurement opportunities would introduce significant operational risks to technology delivery programs, the Digital Transformation Agency says. A private members bill put...
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The Minns government shed almost $300 million more in spending on contractors and consultants last year in an effort to repair the state Budget and move more work in...
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The Australian Taxation Office will move forward with its planned enterprise resource planning overhaul after securing almost $61 million to develop a second pass business case. The new funding,...
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The Commonwealth entity in charge of drafting and publishing Australia’s laws repeatedly breached procurement rules in a $13 million project to shift Australia’s most important legislation register to the...
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A ChatGPT-style artificial intelligence tool for the public service will receive more than $166 million in funding over the next three years, the federal government has announced in its...
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The Employment department’s secretary will leave her role 18 months earlier than planned amid serious doubts about the legality of the automated compliance system she is administering. In a...
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Trust in government AI will increasingly depend on clear examples of where, when and how we choose to deploy artificial intelligence and where we choose not to, according to...
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Federal agencies have been told to go cloud-first on all new digital projects and minimise vendor lock-in where possible under the first major revamp of the government’s cloud policy...
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A raft of proposals to uplift technology across the Victorian Public Service have received in principle support from the state’s Allan government as it pursues billions in Budget savings. The...
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Federal agencies will have 12 months to put in place protocols that mandate risk assessments for new AI deployments and bolster oversight with another layer of accountability. That’s according...
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New South Wales’ flagship digital health record project is at risk of a budget blowout after officials significantly underestimated the cost of integrating the new platform with legacy hospital...
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NSW government agencies have been told to update public disclosures with information on their use of artificial intelligence and automated decision-making, after a review found almost none are. The...
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Last week, Finance minister Katy Gallagher unveiled the government’s AI Plan for the Australian Public Service. Across fifteen initiatives and three ‘pillars’, the plan aims to boost AI adoption...