There will be no fixes to the government’s highly controversial encryption powers this year with a committee report on the legislation now more than two months delayed. It has...
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The government’s proposed new powers to step in and take control of a company during a cyber-attack should not be applied to data storage companies, according to the Australian...
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Victoria has become the first state in Australia to go to the private market for a COVID-19 vaccination management system as part of a whirlwind four-day tender process, with...
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The government has launched a new consultation process for its Digital Transformation Strategy refresh, which aims to embrace the accelerated change of the COVID-19 pandemic response to continue and...
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Governments are by far the largest buyers of information and communications technology in Australia. The federal government alone spends about $8 billion to $9 billion on ICT products and...
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The settlement of the class action lawsuit against robodebt for $112 million in compensation minus legal fees has “shafted” the victims of the unlawful debt recovery scheme, according to...
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The country’s privacy regulator will release its first report on COVIDSafe within weeks, with the national audit office also considering scrutinising the federal government’s controversial contact tracing app. The...
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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 will pay $112 million in compensation to 400,000 victims of its robodebt scheme as part of a $1.2 billion class action lawsuit settlement over its use of...
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If you follow cybersecurity, you will know the news is rarely good, and that the digital environment is getting more challenging. Attack volumes have risen significantly since the onset...
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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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The recent federal budget had a healthy headline digital spend of $800 million, but the government must think carefully about how this money is spent, and with whom. The...