The minister responsible for government technology has declined to provide almost any detail on lucrative contracts awarded by his Digital Transformation Agency to global consultancies McKinsey and Boston Consulting...
Cryptography and security experts have welcomed the federal government’s new international digital Covid-19 vaccine certificate, saying it should be used across the country instead of other, less privacy protecting...
The world’s biggest cloud company Amazon Web Services has been certified under the federal government’s data sovereignty scheme despite its links to a controversial Chinese-owned data centre and the...
The federal government has finally unveiled exposure legislation expanding its digital identity program to state governments and the private sector, with a whirlwind consultation period commencing before it is...
The federal government will soon release the final legislation expanding its digital identity program to the private sector as it looks to bring a number of large companies on...
Irish multinational Accenture has been selected to digitise Australia’s incoming passenger declaration forms, which will collect COVID-19 vaccination status. The Department of Home Affairs went to market late last...
State and territory COVID-19 check-in apps will be granted access to federal government data showing whether citizens have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, with the functionality expected to go...
The federal government has tightened sovereignty requirements for data hosting vendors and service providers due to security and supply chain concerns.
The first private company has received accreditation from the federal government as a digital identity provider, with legislation facilitating a significant expansion of the digital ID program set to...
The NSW government is exploring whether it can integrate federal COVID-19 immunisation records into its Service NSW app. The potential integration comes as it also moves ahead with its...