Tag: Deloitte

Fixes push BoM website costs closer to $100m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
No Bureau of Meteorology staff or its tech contractors will face sanctions for its $98 million website bungle, its recently appointed chief executive Stuart Minchin confirmed on Monday. At...

Qld govt scrambles to fix botched child safety IT system

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Queensland government will mobilise a 120-strong team of public servants to fix its botched child safety IT system after an independent audit revealed critical functionality was stripped out...

Govt urged to subsidise SMEs’ AI uptake

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Albanese government is being urged to repurpose and increase a Coalition government-era tax break to drive artificial intelligence into small and medium businesses, as it searches for adoption...

BoM launched website as tech overhaul slipped again

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Bureau of Meteorology missed an already extended deadline for its $1 billion backend technology overhaul in June, only completing the foundational project after its shambolic website launch. InnovationAus.com...

Deloitte’s AI errors overshadow govt’s own automated mess

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Employment department still accepts the substance of Deloitte’s AI-error riddled report on Australia’s welfare compliance system, which could not assure it was operating effectively and was a punitive...

Fintech’s $22b impact sparks push for smarter regulation

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Australia’s fintech industry is entering what its leaders describe as a pivotal moment, as new Deloitte research putting the sector’s contribution at more than $22 billion annually — around...

Australia’s automated compliance tech a global outlier

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An urgent review of the federal government’s automated welfare compliance system shows Australia’s punitive scheme is a global outlier, adding to doubts about the capability and accountability of senior...

Australia’s clean fuels opportunity upgraded to $36bn

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Australia has a $36 billion opportunity to build a sovereign low-carbon liquid fuels industry by 2050, according to a new report commissioned by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)....