Tag: Census

Census 2021 breaks ground on accessibility

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The 2021 Census has been hailed as a giant leap for digital accessibility in Australia, following years of design work and testing by experts and advocates, who say the...

MacGibbon departs for private sector

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Alastair MacGibbon has resigned from his role as the head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and National Cyber Security Adviser. Australian Signals Directorate director-general Mike Burgess confirmed...

Census fires DTA cyber response

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The great eCensus fail of 2016 was the Turnbull government’s most publicly embarrassing cyber security stuff up and the Digital Transformation Agency scores extra funds from the 2017 budget...

Census debacle: Heads roll at IBM

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The two most senior executives running the giant IBM Global Technology Services business in Australia – the service provider behind the 2016 Census debacle – have quietly separated from...

Census the canary in the coalmine

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The 2016 Census and its steaming #CensusFail epitaph may yet prove useful to government. This shocking failure of public administration is the canary in the coal mine, the emergency...

Gov’t tech creds are now in tatters

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There must, surely, never have been such an exciting time to be Malcolm Turnbull. The Prime Minister has been desperately keen to focus the attention of the nation squarely...

#CensusFail a shocking balls-up

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The fallout from the census debacle would be amusing to watch if it was not so serious. We have politicians making fools of themselves, bureaucrats with substantial amounts of...