Tag: Ed Santow

NDIS bill opens the door to next Robodebt, experts warn

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Unprecedented powers to automate high-risk decisions and raise debts without review are exposing the NDIS to the same central risks of robodebt, the Senate heard this week from legal...

NDIS bill arms govt with unprecedented automation power

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Legislation to reform the National Disability Insurance Scheme opens the door to another robodebt disaster by handing the government unprecedented powers to automate discretionary decisions and limit review rights,...

AI plan draws tepid response from govt’s own AI Expert Group

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s new artificial intelligence plan has been slammed as vague and lacking concrete actions by some of the government-appointed AI Expert Group that had recommended that mandatory guardrails be...

Ed Santow’s decade of wrestling with AI ethics

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Advancing the ethics of artificial intelligence is still difficult for Ed Santow. Even as a former Human Rights Commissioner and co-founder of a technology ethics institute, these conversations are...

Privacy, Indigenous leaders added to govt services board

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Privacy and Indigenous affairs experts have bolstered the board advising Services minister Katy Gallagher on delivery and technology ahead of its first meeting of 2025 on Wednesday. Former national...

Services Aus seeks new faces for $1m advisory board

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A recruitment process is underway to replace the highly-paid outside advisers that former Government Services minister Bill Shorten had running the ruler over his agency’s services and myGov app....

Gig Guide: Services Aus advisory board extended

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Services Australia has extended the term of its interim independent advisory board by up to six months, with all members receiving contract extensions to the end of September. Former...

Automated decisioning sweeps across NSW govt

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Hundreds of automated decision-making systems have been found in the first mapping of the technologies across the NSW public sector, with most being developed without a specific regulatory framework....