Australia’s own assets can ensure national digital resilience Communications & Technology When Australia casts its votes in the upcoming federal election, our digital preparedness and resilience should weigh heavily on voters’ minds. Australians have a high
Premium Insights and analysis Why regulation is needed in the cryptocurrency universe March 22, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Communications & Technology Regulatory regimes chase behind technological developments, and the chase to make the world a bit safer for those who are buying into cryptocurrency is no
Protection and tax the focus of government’s cryptocurrency review March 21, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal There are three key areas on which the federal government is consulting over a regulatory framework to help provide Australians buying cryptocurrency with some level
Government proposes digital games tax offset March 21, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal The federal government has made a pre-election announcement it hopes will create an incentive for growth in the digital games market in Australia. A digital
Partner Content Helping Australia’s new digital economy take shape February 14, 2022 By Brooke In 2022 Australia will reckon with several of the biggest obstacles it faces. An upcoming federal election, a shift in the standard daily operations in
Privacy regulator calls for more powers to enhance national regime January 19, 2022 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Proposed reforms to Australia’s privacy regime should focus on targeted regulation, strategic enforcement and more direct avenues of redress for individuals, according to the Office
myGovID reaches 6 million user milestone December 17, 2021 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology The federal government has recorded that just over 6 million Australians are now using its digital identity system to access online services. Digital identity provider
Promoted Cutting cost overrun in a cloudy digital economy December 8, 2021 By Apptio Communications & Technology Despite a period of early hesitation, there’s now widespread recognition from government agencies – federal, state and local – that cloud services are essential for
Digital vaccine certificates key to Queensland’s easing COVID restrictions December 6, 2021 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology Queensland’s contact tracing app has reached a new milestone, clocking 1 million users who have now linked their digital vaccine certificates to the check-in mobile
Partner Content Will a lack of tech talent derail Australia’s digital ambitions? December 1, 2021 By Synergy Group A perfect storm of pandemic-accelerated digital transformation, lofty Federal Government aspirations and reduced migration is making life difficult for APS recruiters. As has been endlessly
Time for government to put its foot on the cloud accelerator November 22, 2021 By Ramah Sakul 2021 Cyber Security Special Report The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for cloud technologies as the private and public sectors rushed to update the delivery of urgent services and ensure continuity.
Australia secures India tech deal and meets with Indo-Pacific economic cooperation partners November 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Australia’s foreign and trade ministers have been busy meeting with regional counterparts this week as part of a push to foster stronger ties with regional
Partner Content Building digital trust to build Australia’s digital economy November 16, 2021 By Synergy Group Steve Jobs recruited the CEO of Pepsi in 1983 by asking him, “Do you want to sell sugar-water the rest of your life? Or do
Synchronising the linked-up public sector September 22, 2021 By Nathan Gower Communications & Technology Building on previous efforts to make more data available across all jurisdictions for policy development, tracking implementation and service delivery, the recently revealed Intergovernmental Agreement
