Author: Justin Hendry

New ATO mainframe pushes IBM deal to $900m in nine months

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IBM has secured almost $900 million in federal work through its renewed whole-of-government sourcing agreement in less than nine months, with a new mainframe at the Tax Office pushing...

Bragg’s crypto bill rejected by Senate committee

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A Senate committee has rejected legislation that would regulate cryptocurrency exchanges in Australia due to concerns over the operation of the reforms, despite supporting the consumer protections that such...

Biden adviser on Australia’s AI ethics debate

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A bottom-up approach to AI ethics should be adopted across the Australian government, according to an expert adviser to the Biden Administration, who says public servants must be empowered...

Govt criticised for ‘passing the buck’ on age verification

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Child protection advocates and the federal Opposition have criticised the Albanese government’s decision not to introduce a mandatory age verification regime for online pornography and other adult content. But...

Lessons from Canberra’s latest tech catastrophe

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If it wasn’t already obvious, this week’s report into Australia’s scuttled business registers transformation has left no room for misinterpretation. The case for large-scale technology projects in government no...

Online age verification: Govt opts for codes over tech mandate

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The Albanese government will not introduce a mandatory age verification regime for online pornography and other adult content, after existing technology options were found to be immature, and will...

Australia to review defence export controls

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Two former bureaucrats, including an ex-competition watchdog boss, will lead an independent review of Australian export control laws that will contemplate the need for greater freedoms to share technology...