Tag: ATO

After Robodebt: Govt pledges new regime for automated decisions

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Automated decision-making will come under greater scrutiny in the wake of Robodebt, with the federal government pledging to new oversight arrangements for automation in service delivery while it contemplates...

New ATO mainframe pushes IBM deal to $900m in nine months

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
IBM has secured almost $900 million in federal work through its renewed whole-of-government sourcing agreement in less than nine months, with a new mainframe at the Tax Office pushing...

Thousands of company directors in breach of law on ID

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
As many as 300,000 company directors are operating without a mandated digital identification, in breach of a new scheme designed to crack down on illegal phoenix activity. The non-compliance...

Tax Office exits Chinese-owned data centre

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
After a two-year migration, the Tax Office has removed the last of its data and assets from a Chinese-owned data centre in Sydney, which had long been blacklisted by...

Public sector technology is failing the public interest

Posted on   |  by Dr Lesley Seebeck
In the preface to the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, Royal Commissioner Catherine Holmes reflects on how she was startled at the ‘myriad’ of ways...