The NSW Digital Restart Fund has led to “fractured thinking” in service design that is opening the possibility of more Robodebt style disasters in public administration, the state’s information...
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The Office of the eSafety Commissioner has unveiled plans to enforce proactive scanning of online messaging, cloud storage, and other internet-based services for child sexual abuse material and pro-terror...
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A new advisory group led by former NSW digital minister Victor Dominello has been established to “put the customer first” in future upgrades to the federal government digital services...
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The federal government has launched its On Farm Connectivity Program in a bid to boost the productivity, growth and sustainability of Australia’s primary industries using smart farming technology. Equipment...
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Calls for the federal government to address Australia’s outdated privacy regime have intensified, with digital rights advocates and researchers demanding urgent action in a new open letter. It comes...
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A plan to bring digital Medicare cards to the Service NSW app and NSW digital drivers licences to myGov was paused earlier this year and has not resumed after...
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In mid-2020, after the initial six-week lockdown, people were trying to make sense of what Covid-19 meant for the economy and society. What would we keep? What would return...
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Microsoft will invest $5 billion in Australia over the next two years to meet growing demand for cloud services amid the rise of artificial intelligence, while boosting local training...
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Australia has long been a nation of innovators and early adopters. We’re quick to create or embrace new approaches that can help us to compete in business, improve social...
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Digital health businesses still face systemic barriers to scale despite being the fastest growing part of the sector, according to startup and scaleup accelerator ANDHealth. ANDHealth chief executive Bronwyn...
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Sydney-based job management software firm Factory.app has closed a $1.05 million seed funding round to support its ambition of improving the efficiency of small to medium-sized fabricator businesses. The firm...
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Ukraine’s three-year-old digital ID system became an unlikely source of military intelligence in the nation’s defence against Russia, while far older tech has also proven more resilient than anticipated,...
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Around one in every 10 dollars spent by the Commonwealth goes to technology. The massive commitment is justified, senior bureaucrats overseeing projects like digital identity say, but how the...
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Microsoft is considering using small nuclear reactors and microreactors to power its data centres as the company looks to shore up clean energy supply in response to growing demand...