Tag: Australian Electoral Commission

$30m Accenture contract to power dark money crackdown

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Consulting giant Accenture has landed a $30 million deal to build the platform that will be used by the electoral commission to expose political donations in near real-time across...

Opposition technology pick misses out on seat

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal Opposition has suffered an early blow to its shadow ministry, with Liberal candidate and proposed shadow assistant technology minister Gisele Kapterian missing out on the Sydney seat...

Australia not equipped to handle deepfake electoral threat

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Deepfakes present a growing threat to the integrity of Australia’s electoral system, according to the head of the electoral commission, who has warned that the agency is not equipped...

Twitter switches off misinformation reporting feature

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Twitter has disabled a feature allowing users to report potentially misleading information on the social media platform, just weeks out from the vote for constitutional recognition of First Nations...

Accenture, Epicon land $30m in AEC modernisation contracts

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Australian Electoral Commission has awarded two technology firms $30 million to modernise its electoral management services for the 2025 federal election, with the upcoming May election to rely...

US election cyber attacks a warning for Aus

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Recent cyber attacks on the US election are a “salutary warning for Australia”, with the federal government “blind to the threat” of an attack on democratic institutions, shadow assistant...

Love Me Tender: Mainframe fix for Home Affairs

Posted on   |  by Staff Writer
The Department of Home Affairs is currently considering the future operation of its mainframe platform and is seeking relevant information aimed at modernising and optimising existing mainframe workloads. The...

AEC urged to action on cyber

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Urgent action beyond just buying new equipment is needed to shore up the cybersecurity of Australia’s electoral system, the Opposition’s cyber spokesperson Gai Brodtmann says. In a submission to...