Tag: Services Australia

Services Aus stabbing leads to new security software

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A violent stabbing in a Services Australia centre in 2023 has sent Canberra’s biggest tech agency to market this month for new investigation software. Services Australia last week launched...

Govt’s FoI bot sufferer unaware of its problem

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Services Australia officials on Friday testified they did not know which government agency is struggling under the weight of AI generated Freedom of Information requests, despite it being their...

‘Tell us once’ laws to sweep away data sharing barriers

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australians will be able to update their personal information across multiple federal government agencies in one go, rather than contact them individually, as part of a new bill introducing...

Services Australia rounds out its $715m telecoms upgrade

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Services Australia has locked in more than $700 million in contracts with Telstra and Optus to secure telecommunications capable of handling billions of transactions over the coming years. The...

‘Tell us once’ lurches back to life after a decade

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
It’s not often a ‘tell us once’ digital strategy rates a mention by a federal Treasurer, let alone in the wake of a much-hyped economic roundtable aimed at fixing...

The Gig Guide: OAIC gets its latest FOI commissioner

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Lawyer and former chief counsel Alice Linacre has been appointed as Australia’s new permanent Freedom of Information Commissioner, replacing Toni Pirani. Ms Linacre, who will take up the role...

News Wrap: The Horizon Europe giant looms into view

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Academy of Science’s Shine Dome in Canberra was the venue for a detailed and surprisingly upbeat briefing on the Horizon Europe research funding program this week. It...