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NSW govt AI, ‘COPS’ upgrade face audits

The NSW government’s use of artificial intelligence is atop the state audit office’s work program this year, with whole of government policies for the technology and individual agency deployments...

NSW govt puts Digital Restart Fund under review

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government has put the legislation behind its Digital Restart Fund under review, after all but exhausting the $2.1 billion in funding set aside for digital...

Canberra urged to re-examine digital government fund

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia has been urged by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to set up one or more investment funds to scale up digital government projects and help de-risk...

NSW trials sensor network for real-time flood data

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government has begun a trial of network sensing technology on two major rivers in Sydney that promises to deliver more reliable flood and storm intelligence...

NSW digital fund narrows focus for last $100m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The remaining $100 million in the NSW Digital Restart Fund will go to solutions specifically for housing supply, frontline service delivery, energy and the environment, accessibility and cyber, under...

NSW Digital Restart Fund ‘fractured’ service design

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The NSW Digital Restart Fund has led to “fractured thinking” in service design that is opening the possibility of more Robodebt style disasters in public administration, the state’s information...

NSW plots new trials for stalled digital ID

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Further pilots of New South Wales’ decentralised digital identity system are “imminent”, with the state’s government service delivery agency expected to undertake at least one trial before the end...

Cheesecake bridges: Why govt tech funding needs a rethink

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Around one in every 10 dollars spent by the Commonwealth goes to technology. The massive commitment is justified, senior bureaucrats overseeing projects like digital identity say, but how the...

NSW Digital Restart Fund limps on for another year

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government’s Digital Restart Fund is on track to run dry at the end of this financial year, after the Minns government chose not to top...

South Australia launches $200m govt digital fund

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The South Australian government will create a $200 million Digital Investment Fund to deliver “targeted” upgrades to public sector technology platforms and cybersecurity in collaboration with industry. Treasurer Stephen...