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NSW Audit exposes glaring cyber failures in state transport authorities; ACSC introduces E8 ‘zero level’ cyber maturity; and Federal Government scraps NDIS ‘robo-planning’ proposal.  – The Federal Government has scrapped plans to introduce NDIS independent assessments – dubbed “robo-planning” by critics –...

Fed Govt divvies out millions to boost Aussie cyber expertise; Expert warns National Archives at risk of cyber breach that could shatter public confidence in government; and WA unveils its next-gen Digital Strategy. – NSW’s Department of Customer Service is...

DTA loses its Chief Executive to government taskforce; South Australia confirms its next CISO; and The QLD Government fills six-month vacancy for prestigious Chief Entrepreneur role. – Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) Chief Executive Randall Brugeaud (pictured) will step down after...

NSW Government releases inaugural Data Strategy and refreshed Cyber Security Strategy; DTA seeks feedback on new Digital Identity legislation; and WA puts immediate halt on police accessing check-in data from Covid tracking app. – The NSW Government has released its...

NSW’s Department of Education brings in expertise from the banking sector to drive its transformation agenda, while the state’s Department of Customer Service (DCS) has announced it is on the hunt for a new Chief Information Officer. – The NSW Department...

Australian Immunisation Register to get a post-Covid revamp; calls for Australia to appoint a Chief Technologist; Federal Government urged to fine-tune overseas data-sharing Bill; and a rundown of key tech investment initiatives in Budget 2021. – Services Australia has enlisted IBM...

ADHA and Tax Office lose their CISOs, while national spatial data specialist, Geoscape Australia, appoints a former Olympian as Chief Executive. – The Australian Digital Health Agency’s (ADHA) Chief Information Security Officer, Anthony Kitzelmann, has been poached by Airservices Australia....

For Australians, 2020 was a year of seemingly never-ending crises – with the early part of 2021 continuing this unfortunate trend. Yet, it was a year that our governments truly came into their own, positioning themselves as critical sources of...

The Federal Government’s Select Senate Committee on fintech, officially known by its newly extended title the ‘Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre’, has tabled several new recommendations, including an expansion of the Consumer Data Right (CDR)...

National Data Commissioner backs the Government’s controversial data-sharing regime, with an independent auditor also urging the Feds to enforce the same restrictions on public agencies as private sector; icare seeks out vendor to build new content management platform; and IBM...

NZ urges visitors to install its Apple and Google-backed COVID Tracer app following announcement of  Aus-NZ ‘travel bubble’; Home Affairs strikes new five-year data-hosting deal with local provider, with remaining protected data to be shifted from a Chinese-owned facility by...

To carry on the state’s serendipitous success in public service innovation realised in the thick of the Covid crisis last year, government agencies should raise their risk tolerance, promote a “growth mindset”, and take a “portfolio approach” to ICT and...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces major cabinet reshuffle, with new Government Services and Home Affairs chiefs appointed; Services Australia appoints new CISO from within. – Following intense scrutiny surrounding Attorney-General Christian Porter and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds, PM Scott Morrison...

Privacy commissioner and medical authorities urge for added safeguards on Fed Govt’s Data Availability and Transparency Act as concerns mount over sharing of identifiable data; AEC rejects proposal for an external audit of systems; and cybersec spend set to top...

DTA shortlists three US tech giants to deliver mark II of the Federal Government’s visa ‘permissions platform’; CSIRO embraces Open Access for its own research; and ABS rebuilds its IT incident response mechanism. Tracking the week that was in tech...