Tag: Bill Shorten

Australia’s CDR-enabled digital economy has been strangled

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
Remember the optimism around the Open Banking revolution and Australia’s new digital data economy opportunity a few years back? It was enthusiastic but fleeting, having bubbled-up somewhere after the...

Statutory declarations go digital on myGov

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Commonwealth statutory declarations can now be witnessed on myGov using the federal government’s digital identity system, removing the need for Australians to visit a Justice of the Peace. Finance...

myGov audit response kicks funding decision down the road

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government has agreed to keep the myGov platform as its digital front door for services but won’t completely accept expert recommendations to protect it in legislation and...

Millions spent on dud welfare calculator despite local option

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A “viable” local alternative to the failed Pegasystems platform that was intended to replace a 40-year-old mainframe rules engine used to calculate welfare payments was discovered by Services Australia...

myGov reformer David Hazlehurst to lead Services Australia

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Public sector stalwart David Hazlehurst, who set up the Digital Transformation Office as interim CEO in 2015 and steered the team of bureaucrats that reviewed the myGov platform plast...

Dominello to lead myGov advisory group

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new advisory group led by former NSW digital minister Victor Dominello has been established to “put the customer first” in future upgrades to the federal government digital services...