National carrier is another failure on the wrecked road of privatisation — and its daily ‘fails’ hurt everyone Thursday June 23, 2022 By Bernard Keane Economy & Industry What does Qantas have in common with Telstra and the Commonwealth Bank? All were privatised in the 1990s, and all have delivered poorer services and…
Election 2022: Coalition tries to connect to voters by promising more mobile blackspot fixes Thursday April 21, 2022 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology LNP pitches to people living on the nationwide ‘urban fringes of major cities’ more than $28 million to address mobile phone blackspots.
Premium Case studies How Telstra reinvented itself for TikTok and expanded its reach by millions Friday September 10, 2021 By Paul Brescia Communications & Technology If your agency has been failing to get traction through Facebook and Instagram, it might be worth considering TikTok instead.
Services Australia’s CISO takes on private sector role Monday June 29, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology Services Australia’s chief information security officer has departed to take up a position with Telstra.
WA Department of Finance director general wins Telstra Business Woman of the Year award Friday May 1, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News Western Australian Department of Finance director general Jodi Cant has taken home the Telstra Business Woman of the Year award, and the Public Sector and…
WA police to receive $90m in tech upgrades Tuesday November 12, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins News Western Australia Police will receive an upgrade to their digital infrastructure along with thousands of new iPhones. The state government has struck a $39 million…
Telstra digital government expert joins Keenan's office Thursday May 10, 2018 By Tom Burton News As the government beefs up its investment in digital government, Digital Transformation Minister, Michael Keenan, has tapped Telstra's former lead researcher, Jack Dan, to be…
Promoted Why cloud choice for government matters. Seriously. Monday May 7, 2018 By Julian Bajkowski Career Advice Seizing the opportunity to accelerate, reform and deliver personalised government services requires more than intent. It requires world class infrastructure backed by the accrued intelligence,…
Promoted Why Azure is a gamechanger for government Tuesday April 10, 2018 By Julian Bajkowski Career Advice Agencies have for years played on the margins of cloud, only to find choices and progress constrained amid concerns over security, sovereignty, governance and resilience.
Big ticket IT deals banned: Taylor's $100m contracts cap in tech clean-up Wednesday August 23, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The days of big bang IT deals to mega vendors could be over. Reforms to stop agencies favouring large incumbent players will shrink deal sizes…
Australia Post and DTA finally hook up on digital identity Friday May 19, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski News Online rail gauge disaster avoided?…
Governments need to be part of the $100b internet of things opportunity Tuesday May 16, 2017 By Tom Burton Features Governments will need to strongly engage with industry if Australia is to reap the $100 billion boost to the economy predicted to flow from the…
Promoted Compliance the wrong motivator for cyber security Thursday December 8, 2016 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology A compliance checkbox mentality just isn't sufficient to manage and mitigate cyber security risks for Australian government and businesses. Especially when the stakes of the…
The real story behind the new mobile police and emergency network Friday September 23, 2016 By Tom Burton Features A long running regulatory and multinational vendor battle for a dedicated emergency services network in Australia looks to finally have come to an end.
ACMA review rejects PM's preferred super-regulator model Monday May 9, 2016 By Tom Burton Communications & Technology Instead of an all-controlling comms regulator, cyber cop and revenue collector, a departmental review proposes breaking up ACMA's functions. In its place, a new tech-agnostic…
