Tag: Service NSW

‘Part privatisation’ of VicRoads tech system criticised

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian government’s decision to “part-privatise” key elements of VicRoads has been criticised by the services union, which called on the plan to be scrapped and the tech work...

NSW budget underpins a tech-led recovery plan

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The New South Wales government has set aside $240 million to improve cybersecurity in the state’s public sector in this year’s budget, which also revealed that a security breach...

NSW to launch its own contact trace app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
New South Wales will soon have its own contact tracing app with the state government trialling a new function on its digital licence to enable venue-based tracing that will...

NSW plants $1.6b in digital-led recovery

Posted on   |  by James Riley
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has unveiled a $1.6 billion investment over three years in government digital infrastructure as part of the state’s post-COVID economic stimulus funding and includes $240...

Dominello extends the NSW licence

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
More than half a million people registered for a digital driver licence in New South Wales in the initiative’s first week, with the state government now looking towards a...

Feds too slow on AI: Dominello

Posted on   |  by James Riley
At a time when NSW is openly talking about introducing a facial recognition-based public transport ticketing system, the state is going it alone on a new ethical AI delivery...

Expensive reliance on outside advice

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s use of external consultants to design Services Australia is “deeply concerning” and risks the new department having an “expensive, debilitating dependency” on outsourcing, according to the deputy...

Sovereignty issues and Service NSW

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As Stuart Robert sits down in the coming days to design a strategic imitation of the Service NSW model for digital service delivery, there is an important flaw he...

Digital lipstick on a delivery pig

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It’s early days, but in the absence detail let’s call it a poor imitation that flatters to deceive. ‘Lipstick on a pig’ also comes to mind. Scott Morrison’s Services...