Services Australia is quietly reviewing legislative obstacles that have stymied the delivery of connected government services across different jurisdictions, as part of an internal project that also keeps alive...
The bill for the Bureau of Meteorology’s seven-year tech overhaul is $866 million and there are fears it could rise further, despite the agency’s CEO declaring the project complete...
Australia’s national weather agency forked out more than $400 million on external contractors for its long-running IT upgrade – the full cost of which has never publicly been revealed....
The Queensland government spent close to $2 million across just two contracts for external advice on its controversial investment in Californian startup PsiQuantum, Budget estimates has heard. The legal...
The federal government has given agencies 12 months to link up with the national automated cyber threat sharing platform after struggling to get voluntary buy-in over the last two...
The federal government has spent almost $7 million on external advice related to its controversial investment in Californian startup PsiQuantum, bringing in legal firms, probity advisers and management consultants...
The majority of $50 million in upgrades to myGov will be done by public servants as Services Australia moves away from systems integrators but faces a growing software bill....
Large consulting firms have won Commonwealth contracts worth $1.13 billion so far this year as the Labor government strives to reduce reliance on the multinationals. At a Senate Estimates...
The head of the Bureau of Meteorology was challenged by senators on Wednesday after not answering a series of questions about suspected cost blow outs in its technology projects...
Here’s a philosophical question for the times: If a national economy-wide digital economy platform initiative is suffering a slow, tortured death – and no one notices – should it...