Martin Hoffman has resigned as chief executive of the National Disability Insurance Agency after nearly three years in the role and just weeks after Labor’s election win. Mr Hoffman...
Public Sector
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The SMH published an article over the weekend that included some observations from the new Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten on his recent poor experiences using MyGov. This...
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Global giant Microsoft has walked away from negotiations with the Office of National Intelligence for the provision of a Top Secret private cloud service after more than a year...
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The sober ‘Notice to Industry’ issued by Defence outlining a plan to go to market for multi-vendor Secret Cloud Services belies the intensity of the scramble across the defence...
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Responsibility for the Digital Transformation Agency will go to the Department of Finance in the new Labor government, while oversight of the Digital Economy previously held by Senator Jane...
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In a bigger than expected reshuffle of the Labor frontbench, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has kept faith in Ed Husic, giving him the Industry portfolio he held in the...
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Professor Glyn Davis, an esteemed innovation and public policy expert and former chair of the Australia 2020 Summit, has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Department of...
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Amazon will face a “landmark” shareholder vote pushing the global tech giant to provide greater tax transparency in Australia and the other countries it operates, following continual accusations of...
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Amazon’s cloud business reported $600 million in revenue in Australia but paid only $16 million in tax in the 2020 financial year, with a global tax accountability organisation calling...
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It should not take Royal Commissions and class actions to remediate the intractable defects that exist within the NDIS, but the community demands justice and safety. So catastrophic is...
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The Coalition’s plan to cut more than $3 billion from the public service to pay for its election promises will lead to a jump in spending on consultants and...
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A myGov smartphone app is “on track” to launch at some point this year after private beta testing began last December. It’s been nearly three years since the federal...
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Multinational consulting giant Deloitte has been brought in to assist with the delivery of the federal government’s “historic” National Space Mission. The Industry department has entered into a $1.3...
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A key architect of myGov says he “despairs” at the lack of progress on the platform and that the outsourcing of the development of a new version to private...