A “right to erasure” that goes further than the European Union’s data regulations and the introduction of fair and reasonable information handling principles are among the reforms to Commonwealth...
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The Technology Council of Australia has welcomed the National Reconstruction Fund by government as a provider of ‘patient capital’ for long-term strategic investments, but says it should be designed...
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Tech Council of Australia chief executive Kate Pounder has warned that Australia should not accept growing cyber threats as the cost of doing business online, saying that greater investment...
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Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy on Wednesday quelled fears the Albanese government’s $45 billion in off budget spending would add to aggregate demand, saying he does not think the funds...
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Services Australia is planning no further cuts to its technology contractor workforce this year after shedding 1245 workers in late 2022 and standing down more over the Christmas and...
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The current review of government technology procurements linked to a lobbying scandal engulfing former Services minister Stuart Robert is being structured in a way that could trigger wider reforms....
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Australia is unlikely to achieve its goal of becoming one of the top three digital governments globally by 2025 without significantly more investment in digital services, according to finance...
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Breakthrough Victoria has invested $8 million in local startup Quantum Brilliance, marking the state government-backed venture capital fund’s second investment in the quantum sector. Led by existing investors, the...
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Federal Labor’s Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten has been in quiet, evolving talks with the retiring NSW state Liberal minister Victor Dominello about taking a national role with...
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A plan for a centralised health database in Victoria that denies patients the right to opt-out has been revived by the state government, reigniting privacy and data security fears...
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“Technocrats” and a lack of user testing are to blame for the Parliament’s delay-plagued expense management software upgrade, which will be without a key transparency feature for a year,...
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OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 has spurred a cascade of articles and commentary on artificial intelligence. The discussion, however, reveals how much artificial intelligence is already deployed....
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The use of ChatGPT in the public service is not being encouraged by the Digital Transformation Agency, although it is supportive of experimentation using generative AI technologies to explore...
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The privacy watchdog expects to finalise inquiries it launched into Bunnings and Kmart’s use of facial recognition within months, but has declined to say if the intrusive technology is...