Tag: Michael Tull

Govt digital passenger app only works a quarter of the time

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s $60 million Digital Passenger Declaration is “error riddled” and only works a quarter of the time, according to the public sector union. The Digital Passenger Declaration...

Industry continues to bring in contractors for grants help

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Industry department is continuing to pay private contractors for help with a range of its grants programs, issuing a further $1.1 million for consultants in a month. InnovationAus.com...

Digital arrival cards still not in use, while funding kept secret

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s permissions capability, providing digital incoming passenger declarations featuring vaccination status, is still not in use despite the international border reopening, and with the project’s funding to be...

Govt to pay Accenture $60 million for permissions capability work

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will pay Irish-domiciled consulting multinational Accenture nearly $60 million to develop a “permissions capability” platform which will initially serve to digitise incoming passenger declaration forms. In...

Dept of Health’s Covid contracts ‘out of control’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s reliance on contractors and consultants for key COVID-19 response work is “out of control” and is not building capability for the next major crisis, the public...

Agency cuts lead to tech outsourcing fears

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The key agencies tasked with delivering the government’s billion-dollar digital spend are facing staffing and funding cuts, leading to concerns the funding will flow straight to private contractors and...

‘A whole new level of concern’ on myGov secrecy

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The public sector union has slammed government secrecy in relation to the redevelopment of the myGov platform, saying the public has the right to know who is completing this...