Tag: DFAT

DFAT officials, contractors investigated over dodgy deals

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Investigations have been launched into more than a dozen officials and contractors at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Australian Passport Office over its cowboy procurements. The probes...

Govt backs cyber skills push into Pacific

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian cyber skills will be deployed in a two month blitz across Papua New Guinea and Fiji in the federal government’s latest effort to build resilience across the Pacific...

DFAT switches IT support services to Unisys

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has switched providers for its IT support service, moving from long-term supplier NEC and its lucrative $55 million contract to a new...

CSIRO, Google team for blue carbon AI project

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new research project between national science agency the CSIRO and Google will seek to better understand blue carbon ecosystems in the Indo-Pacific and Australia through the use of...

Details are scarce on Australia-UK critical technology deals

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
State and federal governments have declined to disclose details of recently signed international agreements purported to boost emerging industries and cross border trade with the United Kingdom. Last week,...

Gig Guide: more advisory work for Halton

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Former top public servant Jane Halton has scored more advisory work from the government, after concluding her work on the COVID-19 Commission. Ms Halton will be paid nearly $100,000...

DFAT cyber engagement strategy launched

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia has pledged $37.5 million to its regional neighbours to sure up their cyber defences and will seek to establish a new global agreement on responsible cyber behaviour, as...

DFAT cyber strategy delayed by ‘busy’ parliament

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government is still yet to publish Australia’s 2020 international cyber engagement strategy, four months past its scheduled release and three and a half years on from the inaugural...