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Senate committee green lights stronger eSafety powers

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A Senate committee has given the green light to social media ban reforms that would double fines for tech companies and introduce new information gathering powers for Australia’s digital...

How Accenture wooed the BoM again

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Documents produced by the Senate last week offer a rare look into how one of the government’s biggest tech suppliers leveraged its partner deals and chopped up its pricing...

Nearly $200k, 15 months ‘wasted’ on AI adviser search

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Industry minister Tim Ayres quietly abandoned his predecessor’s search for expert AI advisers last August after the government spent more than $188,000 on a 15 month recruitment process. Newly...

Govt shields $800m aged care tech work from scrutiny

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Aged Care minister has defied a Senate order to detail the procurement and roll out of $800 million of upgrades to government aged care technology systems that were...