Mapping Australia’s climate policy with ‘big data’ Economy & Industry As the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions becomes increasingly urgent, governments of all levels, as well as private businesses and non-government organisations across Australia,
A WHO roadmap could help 2 million Australians get their assistive technology May 27, 2022 By Natasha Layton, Libby Callaway and Louise Puli Communications & Technology This month, the first-ever World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF Global Report on Assistive Technology was released. The WHO estimates one in three of us
Defining ‘artificial intelligence’ for regulation May 24, 2022 By Paul Waller Communications & Technology In the course of the most recent wave of expectation and hype about “artificial intelligence” (AI) — let’s say the last 10 years — there have been
Government eyes digital solutions to enhance citizen interactions May 4, 2022 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology The NSW government has given itself until 2030 to be the ‘most customer centric’ state, holding a community consultation this week to explore how its
Government digital services survey tracks levels of citizen comfort interacting with AI April 7, 2022 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology According to a new Australian survey conducted by a digital transformation company, 92% of people want more digital government services and a majority (78%) are
What’s happened to Russia’s much-vaunted battlefield AI? April 5, 2022 By Huon Curtis Communications & Technology The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the poorer than expected performance of the Russian army have prompted fierce debate among military commentators on why Russia’s
Policy plan for AI centres to drive commercialisation of Australian research April 4, 2022 By Melissa Coade Defence The government will stump up $44 million for four new artificial intelligence (AI) and digital capability centres in the hope that commercialising the research will
Promoted Behind Salesforce Hyperforce: What running Salesforce on AWS means for ANZ businesses March 29, 2022 By Salesforce Salesforce recently re-architected the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform to run on the public cloud. Here in ANZ, that means Amazon Web Services (AWS). Salesforce 360,
Partner Content Mastering data management for exceptional citizen experiences March 21, 2022 By Informatica Every citizen is an individual, with their own unique circumstances and needs. Yet for far too long governments have viewed citizens through the one-dimensional lens
Premium Columnists A dangerous credibility gap in our principal institutions of democratic government March 4, 2022 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks Despite the terrible situation in Ukraine, there was a touch of the theatre of the absurd about prime minister Scott Morrison’s announcement on Monday that
Promoted Legal issues and opportunities to watch for in 2022: what have we learned? February 9, 2022 By Synergy Group In 2020 we were hit by a global pandemic we did not see coming. Unprepared for what was to come, in 2021 we scrambled to
AI debated its own ethics in the Oxford Union – what it said was startling December 21, 2021 By Alex Connock and Andrew Stephen Communications & Technology Not a day passes without a fascinating snippet on the ethical challenges created by “black box” artificial intelligence systems. These use machine learning to figure
Accelerating the construction sector’s digital transformation will help Australia meet net zero by 2050 November 25, 2021 By Rob Bryant Economy & Industry The construction industry, in its practice and processes, and the buildings created account for as much as 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions, 50% of
How we’re losing the arms race against deepfake technology November 22, 2021 By Peter Gearin 2021 Cyber Security Special Report If a lie can get halfway around the world before the truth puts its boots on, consider this scenario. Late one evening, a video carrying