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Unlawful robodebt bunfight heats up

How the government came to be running an unlawful scheme needs to be properly investigated, crossbench senator Rex Patrick said, as the Opposition officially backed calls for a Royal...

Apply AI to the tech capability audit

Albert Einstein famously said, “we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” And if ever there was a need for new thinking...

Govt urged to ditch COVIDSafe for GApple

The Australian government has been urged to follow the footsteps of the UK and ditch its contact tracing app in favour of the model provided by Apple and Google,...

Cybersecurity and the Trust Imperative

The remarkable intervention of the Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday in the mainstream cybersecurity conversation certainly had its desired effect. Through the use of the Prime Ministerial megaphone,...

Marshall saddles up for three more years

CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall was not everyone’s first pick to lead the national science agency when he was appointed to the role in 2015. But the CSIRO board...

DTA digital ID hit by transparency concerns

A lack of transparency around the federal government’s $200 million digital identity scheme and process of accrediting third-party organisations could lead to increased security and privacy risks, according to...

Victoria has a new innovation minister

Jaala Pulford is Victoria’s new innovation minister after a Cabinet reshuffle brought on by the branch stacking controversy that has besieged the state government. Premier Daniel Andrews unveiled his...

How to reinvent the Aust Computer Society

During the second half of 2019, the Australian Computer Society was in uproar over a constitution that the then ACS Management Committee put forward to the membership for approval....

Govt must mandate encryption on national interest

There is not a day that passes where we do not read about a company or government agency having been hacked and had data stolen, or the organisation held...

Tech boost for our ‘job-ready graduates’

Technology and engineering university courses will be significantly cheaper under a government plan to funnel students into “job-relevant” degrees in sectors where employment growth is expected. Education Minister Dan...

All eyes on China as PM warns on cyber

Australian governments and businesses are being targeted by a “sophisticated state-based cyber actor”, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed, as the wait for a new cybersecurity strategy continues. Speaking...

The good, the bad and the innovative

Every week at 365cups, I kick off by saying “it’s back to normal”, but it isn’t. We are fielding more enquiries than ever, I am talking to so many...

NSW plants $1.6b in digital-led recovery

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has unveiled a $1.6 billion investment over three years in government digital infrastructure as part of the state’s post-COVID economic stimulus funding and includes $240...

Govt now scoping ‘urgent’ ICT capability audit

More than six months after it was announced as an “urgent” priority, a comprehensive audit into government ICT capabilities has now begun. The audit was announced as part of...