Tag: NSW Government

Online voting: NSW gets the ball rolling on iVote 2.0

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The revival of internet voting for blind and low vision voters in New South Wales is underway, with the government agency in charge of state elections now scouring the...

First digital credential checks arrive in NSW

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Teachers and childcare workers will be among the first able to perform digital identity checks in New South Wales when the state government launches a new option for renewing...

Buckle up: The AI genie is out of the bottle

Posted on   |  by Dr Ian Oppermann
We have largely been taken by surprise by the tremendous advances in capability of the latest Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI. Across domains from music and art...

NSW govt scraps its female founder VC fund

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A $10 million venture capital fund for female led startups in New South Wales has been axed by the Minns government. The fund never got off the ground but...

NSW plots new trials for stalled digital ID

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Further pilots of New South Wales’ decentralised digital identity system are “imminent”, with the state’s government service delivery agency expected to undertake at least one trial before the end...

NSW govt set to restore first innovation grants

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Six months after turning off the tap to the startup community, the New South Wales government is set to restore the innovation grants program known as MVP Ventures, but...

NSW govt tweaks procurement rules ahead of bigger changes

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government has raised the threshold for agencies to procure directly from smaller businesses as it seeks more fundamental changes to the current devolved procurement model...

NSW reveals epic cost of new digital health record

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government will spend more than $1 billion over the next decade on a new digital health record that promises to deliver patient visibility for clinicians...

Sarah Jones takes out inaugural Innovation Leadership Award

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
The InnovationAus 2023 Innovation Leadership Award has been given to Sydney School of Entrepreneurship chief executive Dr Sarah Jones for her guiding of the iconic institution through a major...