The New South Wales government has set aside $240 million to improve cybersecurity in the state’s public sector in this year’s budget, which also revealed that a security breach...
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The federal government has opened the consultation process on draft legislation expanding its digital identity scheme to state governments and the private sector, with plans to put current privacy...
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The government still plans to introduce legislation imposing a bargaining code between tech giants and media companies, with Google outlining its conditions for agreeing to such a concept. The...
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The federal government has launched consultations on its new $22 million 5G Innovation Initiative, a day after rejecting many of the key recommendations from a Parliamentary inquiry into 5G....
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With the 2020 US presidential election over and the result all but declared – and with the COVID-19 pandemic raging on across the world – online voting seems like...
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The federal government’s Digital Transformation Strategy will be refreshed to meet the growing demand on digital services witnessed over the last year. Government Services Minister Stuart Robert told the...
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New rules for critical infrastructure covering a broad range of tech firms are being “rushed” without proper scrutiny being applied, according to a number of submissions to government. The...
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A Canberra firm has been handed an additional $4 million for its work on COVIDSafe, with the government now having paid private contracts worth nearly $10 million for the...
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Australia and Israel are at once similar and different in the way they handle water management, but as digitisation disrupts water technology both countries must make their water systems...
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In April and May this year, when home working was at unprecedented levels as a result of COVID-19, the identity and access management (IAM) provider LastPass by LogMeIn surveyed...
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The accelerated implementation of digital transformation plans across all the sectors as a result of the COVID pandemic now includes an increase in demand for the private 5G network...
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The Digital Transformation Agency is readying for a “significant expansion” of its digital identity program over the next six months and will also soon launch a review of the...
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The workings of big business and government have come under intense scrutiny in recent times. The Banking Royal Commission revealed multiple instances of malfeasance. The enquiry into Victoria’s hotel...
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The Victorian government is set to go back to the market for a new operator of its one-stop shop for digital government services. Deloitte was brought in by the...