Author: Justin Hendry

Contractors surge at Defence amid workforce pressures

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The number of external contractors working at the Department of Defence has grown by 55 per cent since the start of the pandemic, as the ongoing skills shortage takes...

David Thodey to lead major audit of myGov platform

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A panel of experts led by former CSIRO chair David Thodey will undertake a major audit of myGov promised by the federal government in the lead up to the...

Inquiry to probe NDIA’s ‘capability and culture’

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A parliamentary inquiry will examine the capability and culture of the agency that oversees the $30 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme after a series of recent decisions that participants...

NSW govt heads to court over dumped $177m police system

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A US software provider tasked with replacing New South Wales’ legacy core policing system with a cloud-based alternative is suing NSW Police over a decision to abruptly terminate the...

Vic govt to contract out cyber incident response services

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The Victorian government is set to contract out the cyber incident response services that are offered to agencies and local councils that fall victim to cyber-attacks in a bid...

UNSW pushes ahead with new AI research institute

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A new artificial intelligence institute at the University of New South Wales hopes to forge interdisciplinary connections between researchers and improve commercialisation opportunities. The UNSW AI Institute launched on...

Broad church: AIIA members divided over data localisation

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The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has struggled to reach consensus among its diverse membership base on data localisation, but has broadly agreed that onshore hosting does not guarantee...

Tax office wants to be ‘fully digitalised’ by 2030

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A “fully digitalised” tax office remains eight years away, according to Tax commissioner Chris Jordan, who envisions a greater reliance on natural systems for sourcing real-time data. Mr Jordan...