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NSW govt releases data strategy

The NSW Government has launched a new data strategy it says will create better outcomes for citizens while protecting their privacy, with more information to flow between agencies and...

Ian Oppermann on govt AI assurance frameworks

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Artificial intelligence experts will advise the NSW government on how the technology should be used by the state through an AI advisory committee revealed Wednesday. Initially the group will...

Summer Reading: Your guide to a relaxing break

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Well, that was one crazy year. Full stop. We’ll definitely need to double up on the Ho, Ho, Ho’s this Christmas. As we move into the holiday season and...

ACS removes board members as tensions ease

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Computer Society has removed two members of its board-like governing body after a meeting of its National Congress considered a series of extraordinary motions to spill its...

‘No confidence’: ACS leadership cops a hiding

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Computer Society’s National Congress has voted overwhelmingly to support a ‘no confidence’ motion against its own management committee, the ultimate ruling body of the troubled professional association....

Moment of truth arrives for ACS leadership

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The leadership and future strategic direction of the 50-year-old Australian Computer Society faces an existential moment of truth on Friday as its ruling management committee faces a vote of...

ACS turmoil as president calls for leadership spill

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian Computer Society president Ian Oppermann is calling on his own National Congress to support a vote of no confidence against the organisation’s Management Committee, the effective ruling body...

Global talent to drive NSW AI ambitions

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A funny thing happened in New South Wales last Friday. Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello unveiled the state’s first ever artificial intelligence strategy at an afternoon event in Sydney...

How to reinvent the Aust Computer Society

Posted on   |  by Roger Clarke
During the second half of 2019, the Australian Computer Society was in uproar over a constitution that the then ACS Management Committee put forward to the membership for approval....

Rebel’s bid for a seat at the ACS table

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The tech industry veteran who led a rebel campaign against the executive team at the Australian Computer Society over the mismanagement of a corporate restructure is now seeking a...