Tag: COVID-19

HealthEngine paid $3.8M for vaccine platform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will pay HealthEngine nearly $4 million for a COVID-19 vaccination bookings platform following a secretive limited tender process. The Western Australia-based medical appointment booking company announced...

EY’s Health dept revenue triples during COVID

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The value of Ernst & Young’s contracts with the federal Health department tripled during the pandemic, with fellow Big Four consultancy PwC doubling its work for the department in...

Victoria seeks private provider for vaccine platform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
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...

DTA defends effectiveness of COVIDSafe app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency has gone into bat for its COVIDSafe contact tracing app, defending it against a barrage of criticism from Labor senators. Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) representatives...

AFP muscles up on cybercrime response

Posted on   |  by David McClure
The Australian Federal Police has made cybercrime a central priority for 2020 and beyond, ratcheting up cybercrime operations as the force confronts COVID-themed cyberattacks, as well as an increase...

Building on our strength in clinical trials

Posted on   |  by Elizabeth de Somer
It is no accident that the idea of Australia “punching above its weight” became a colloquial commonplace in the 1980s and 1990s. It was the time when Australian efforts...

Tech ministers examine sovereign procurement

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is looking at using its procurement power to boost local industry and is examining the work of the New South Wales government’s new sovereign procurement taskforce...

Health dept stands by COVIDSafe app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal Health department has stood by COVIDSafe at a Senate hearing, despite confirming it was yet to identify a new close contact in Victoria, where contact tracers stopped...

Aust-US ties on science and tech bolstered

Posted on   |  by Elise McDonald
Australia and the United States have moved to strengthened their history of collaboration through a senior-level dialogue on science and frontier technologies led by Industry Minister Karen Andrews. Minister...