Salesforce is charging Australia’s disability insurance agency for user licences that the agency does not use, under contract costs that have quadrupled to more than $100 million and has...
Public Sector
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Australia will be one of the first countries in the world to deploy generative artificial intelligence across a national public service, with the Prime Minister announcing a partnership with...
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Automated decision-making will come under greater scrutiny in the wake of Robodebt, with the federal government pledging to new oversight arrangements for automation in service delivery while it contemplates...
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A company being paid $31 million to deliver commercialisation advice on behalf of the government used inside advice to land the job and then helped a family member’s company...
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Less than a third of technology projects submitted for review by the federal government’s digital investment cop last financial year were closely enough aligned with Cabinet approved policies and...
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The New South Wales government will spend more than $1 billion over the next decade on a new digital health record that promises to deliver patient visibility for clinicians...
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The Albanese government’s in-house consultancy is up and running, with a dozen public servants now advising agencies on foreign affairs and the net zero economy in two short, sharp...
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A long-running project to replace TAFE NSW’s student management system remains incomplete more than five years after it began, with the public training provider missing the planned completion last...
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Consultants and contractors will be banned from performing “core” government work like drafting regulation and leading policy development under new rules from the Albanese government released on Tuesday. Outsourcing...
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A complete rebuild of Bureau of Meteorology IT systems initiated in response to a 2015 hack by suspected foreign adversaries is “well within” budget despite several related contracts almost...
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Mike Pezzullo is still receiving his near $1 million salary despite being stood down as secretary to the Department of Home Affairs over concerns about his relationship with a...
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The state enterprise in charge of Victoria’s rail infrastructure misled the government while convincing it to invest $82.5 million into commercialising unproven technology in partnership with Xerox, according to...
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The purchasing decisions of the former New South Wales government and their impact on the state’s manufacturing sector will be front and centre of a new parliamentary inquiry into...
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Multinational businesses are gaming Commonwealth Procurement Rules to maintain their tendering advantage over small and medium- sized enterprises, according to Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson....