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Fostering talent that is hiding in plain sight

The Australian Public Service in 2023 is faced with an extraordinary opportunity to reset its contribution to supporting the government of Australia and all Australians.  Four events occurring almost...

A year of ChatGPT: 5 ways the AI marvel has changed the world

OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT was unleashed onto an unsuspecting public exactly one year ago. It quickly became the fastest-growing app ever, in the hands of 100 million...

Salesforce pricing leaked to Microsoft in first NDIS CRM tender

Confidential Salesforce pricing information was accidentally leaked to Microsoft in a 2019 tender for the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s new customer relationship management system, documents reveal. The blunder forced...

Labor-led committee calls for manufacturing commissioner

A Labor-controlled parliamentary committee has recommended that a National Advanced Manufacturing Commissioner be appointed to promote ‘sovereign, smart, sustainable’ domestic manufacturing. The national role would facilitate nationwide advanced manufacturing...

Australia races ahead with defence export control reforms

The Albanese government is racing ahead with controversial reforms to export controls that will introduce a “licence-free environment” for technology sharing between AUKUS partners at the expense of local...

Parliament to probe botched visa platform procurements

Home Affairs officials, consultants and technology suppliers will be asked to explain a failed visa privatisation attempt, its abandoned replacement and their controversial procurements to Parliament’s powerful audit committee....

Digital ID legislation unveiled with $146m top-up

Legislation introduced on Thursday by the government will regulate and expand its digital identity scheme, including allowing states and the private sector to participate, while another $145.5 million in...

NRF gets its investment mandate, now open for business

The federal government has declared the National Reconstruction Fund open for business, officially delivering the NRF Corporation its investment mandate – the investment framework that will guide decisions and...

Queensland passes mandatory data breach notice laws

Queensland has become only the second state to legislate a mandatory data breach notification scheme for public sector entities, as an almost identical scheme comes into effect in New...

Data of 11,000 people stolen in NDIS breach

The records of 11,000 National Disability Insurance Scheme participants and other related parties have been compromised in a data heist from inside the National Disability Insurance Agency. A Sydney-based...

The rise and rise of the AI co-pilot, as ‘Y2Q’ looms

Over a week in late November, the Australian Information Industry Association led an trade delegation to the United States made up of digital businesses and senior government representatives. The...