Oksana Patron

The Financial Regulator Assessment Authority’s (FRAA’s) 2022 review into the effectiveness and capability of Australia’s corporate regulator, ASIC, has recommended a “substantial uplift” of the watchdog’s data and technology capability, followed by “material cultural change to embed the benefit from...

Australia, and particularly its services sector, stands to reap a significant productivity dividend from further development in online services, AI and analytics, with Federal and state governments urged to support industry in unlocking and utilising data assets, according to the...

The NSW Government and Microsoft have announced they will extend their partnership for a further five years to accelerate the digital transformation of the state. The deal encompasses renewed support for 25 agencies and around 40,000 users across the health,...

Government technology leaders must make efforts to improve IT asset management and accelerate tech investment cycles, creating an environment where digital systems can readily adapt to fast-changing technology upgrade cycles and ICT teams can ensure smooth delivery of digital transformation...

Australia’s financial intelligence and anti-money laundering agency, AUSTRAC, has announced a new partnership with Pacific financial intelligence units, with the agency also set to play host to a Pacific Intelligence Analyst Course at the Australian National University (ANU). The partnership...

Regulatory technology (regtech) will play an increasingly important role in future governments, including councils, with its potential to drastically improve efficiencies and the regulatory performance of the public sector, according to Minister for Government Services and Minister for Regulatory Reform...

Creating more accessible cyber skills pathways, including a range of programs to attract and boost the participation of women, veterans as well as mid-tier career interns, will prove vital to the overall success and objectives of Victoria’s Cyber Security Strategy,...

The NSW Government has announced it will allocate $2.9 million to trial the implementation of 32 sensors on 32 public transport buses to help track road quality issues and prioritise road repairs. The trial, to be led by Transport for...

Google has announced it has achieved Certified Strategic Status for its cloud services under the Australian Government’s Hosting Certification Framework (HCF). The HCF was designed by the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) to help protect government systems and data, ensuring selected...

The New South Wales Government has added NetApp to its cloud purchasing arrangements (CPA) – a collection of NSW whole-of-government contracts with cloud service providers (CSPs). CPA refers to contracts with hyperscale CSPs where the contracts are designed primarily for...

The Western Australia Government’s Data Science Innovation Hub (WADISH) will once again host a ‘hackathon’ aimed at developing a range of real-world digital solutions for the healthcare sector. The 10-day event, to be held in mid-August, will bring together data...

The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) has enlisted Fujitsu Australia to roll out new critical incident mobile terminals as part of a $60 million investment by the state Government to improve fire emergency response. The new five-year...

Australian Government agencies are still at the beginning stages of their digital transformation journeys for document handling and processing despite the rapid digital pivots achieved during Covid, according to the latest research from cloud software developer Adobe. According to the...

Australia’s Department of Defence has signed a new deal with government software developer archTIS (also known as AR9) for the expansion of its existing ‘Kojensi’ system – billed as a highly secure platform that enables users to securely share and...

The Western Australia Government has unveiled a new online platform and resource, Dandjoo, that provides access to historical biodiversity data – part of the Government’s digital transformation and long-term strategy to improve environmental assessments and planning. The data-sharing platform, created...