Category: ITnews

Aussie Broadband to buy AGL's retail telco arm for $125m
11
Feb
2026

Aussie Broadband to buy AGL’s retail telco arm for $125m

Aussie Broadband is set to become Australia’s third largest provider of NBN services after entering an agreement to acquire AGL’s…

Windows Secure Boot certificates expire in June, Microsoft warns
10
Feb
2026

Windows Secure Boot certificates expire in June, Microsoft warns

Microsoft said it has begun rolling out new Secure Boot security certificates, ahead of a late June 2026 expiration deadline…

From AI hype to AI help
10
Feb
2026

From AI hype to AI help

Australian organisations are pouring millions into artificial intelligence, yet most are struggling to turn experimentation into real-world impact. “Boardroom AI…

Telstra-Accenture Data and AI joint venture to cut 209 positions
10
Feb
2026

Telstra-Accenture Data and AI joint venture to cut 209 positions

The year-old Telstra-Accenture Data and AI joint venture is proposing to cut about 209 positions with some discontinued and others…

Telstra finds firmware locked Samsung handsets to Vodafone for Triple-0 calls
10
Feb
2026

Department of Comms reveals text-based triple zero pilot is close

The federal government has revealed that it is working on establishing a technical trial that could lead to the establishment…

Westpac CIO to retire this year
10
Feb
2026

Westpac CIO to retire this year

Westpac’s group chief information officer of two-and-a-half years Scott Collary is set to retire “later this year”. Collary – who…

BoM reveals plan to fix website within six months
10
Feb
2026

BoM reveals plan to fix website within six months

The Bureau of Meteorology says it will take six months to address the deluge of community outrage its new $96.5…

QLD government appoints interim CISO
10
Feb
2026

Qld Child Safety IT system to be fixed within six months

The Queensland government has assembled a team of 120 staff to remediate a $183 million client and case management system…

Mystery Optus mobile glitch impacts over 100,000 users
09
Feb
2026

Mystery Optus mobile glitch impacts over 100,000 users

Optus is still trying to determine the cause of a mobile service outage that is understood to have impacted over…

FIIG penalised $2.5m for cyber security failures
09
Feb
2026

FIIG penalised $2.5m for cyber security failures

Australia’s securities and investment commission (ASIC) has succeeded in its application for FIIG Securities to be penalised for a large-scale…

Telstra asks Treasury to cap spectrum prices at $3.9 billion
09
Feb
2026

Telstra asks Treasury to cap spectrum prices at $3.9 billion

Telstra has asked the federal government to cap the price of spectrum licence renewals at $3.9 billion sector-wide after accusing…

Errant security certificate behind six-hour Senate web service outage
09
Feb
2026

Errant security certificate behind six-hour Senate web service outage

An expired security certificate caused a six-hour outage to the real-time web service used by parliamentarians to track senate activities….