The consulting firm that allegedly boasted of having unfettered access to senior Defence personnel has told Parliament it doesn’t get enough direction from the Defence department and needs more...
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The Digital Transformation Agency has given itself more time to renegotiate the federal government’s software licensing arrangement with German tech giant SAP, pushing the cost of the existing deal...
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Independent senator David Pocock says the federal government should not be afraid to cut its losses when multi-million dollar technology projects go awry and open the opportunity up to...
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Large incumbent companies that donate to Australia’s political parties are winning a disproportionate share of government tenders, according to new research into the explosion of contracting over the last...
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Federal government technology planning cycles are set to shift from years to months in recognition of Canberra’s desire for Australia to become a leading digital and cyber secure nation...
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Services minister Bill Shorten wants a new approach to his agencies’ policy design and implementation through a more capable public service that takes fewer leads from tech vendors and...
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One of the things still worrying me about robodebt was the attention to detail. By that, I am not referring to the crude system by which hundreds of thousands...
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The federal government has abandoned a long running upgrade to the system used to calculate welfare recipients’ eligibility and payments after pouring $191 million into the tech project over...
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Australia’s media watchdog has hired Google Australia’s government relations lead directly from the tech giant, insisting it can manage any conflicts of interests through established processes as it gears...
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Kathryn Campbell has resigned from the Department of Defence just days after being suspended without pay from her almost $900,000-a-year special advisor role to the AUKUS submarine project. Defence...
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has appointed a deputy secretary from the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance Chris Barrett as the new chair of the Productivity Commission. Announcing the appointment...
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This week the Albanese government produced a detailed breakdown of the $3 billion it plans to save over four years by cutting the use of outsourced labour and consultants....
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Budget funding for the federal government’s common enterprise resource planning system known as GovERP has been laid bare for the first time, as the overhaul enters its fifth year with...
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One of the federal government’s biggest tech suppliers says it spurned an offer from the lobbying firm linked to former minister Stuart Robert to help it meet ministers and...