Reserve Bank of Australia CIO retires
Reserve Bank of Australia’s chief information officer of almost five years Stephen Smith has retired, finishing up with the central bank this week. Smith revealed…
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Bunnings turns agentic focus to trade and commercial customers
Bunnings intends to use the same Gemini Enterprise AI technology that underpins its agentic assistant ‘Buddy’ to improve experiences for trade and commercial customers. CIO…
NAB’s SecOps rethink focuses on data expert and dev hires
NAB is hunting for software developers and data experts in its security operations teams, as the bank moves away from traditional SecOps hiring and toward…
Qld gov backs technology projects with at least $340m
The Queensland government will release at least $256 million from a ‘digital fund’ for technology projects as part of its latest state budget. The funding…
NSW gov puts $209m more into P25 network
The NSW government will spend an extra $209 million over the next decade on the P25 radio network that supports emergency services’ communications. In budget…
ASD to retire Essential Eight cyber security framework within next two years
The Australian Signals Directorate intends to retire its Essential Eight guidance framework within two years, to keep up with shifting cyber security sands. Replacing Essential Eight…
Digital sovereignty is no longer optional – Agentic AI has made it fundamental
In the AI era, digital sovereignty is quickly becoming a default design requirement that underpins trust, resilience, and security. Around the world, AI is graduating…
RACQ progresses digital transformation with expanded Adobe stack
RACQ, the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland, is set to gain early access to AI capabilities in the Adobe suite under a five-year agreement. The…
Anthropic’s Mythos model found vulnerabilities in classified US gov systems
Anthropic’s Mythos model identified vulnerabilities in highly sensitive U.S. government computer systems during a testing exercise, the Associated Press reported. Anthropic teamed up with Washington’s…
OAIC sweep unearths health sites’ covert user tracking
Several Australian health service websites have been covertly tracking visitors and transmitting sensitive health information to social media platforms without disclosure or consent, the Office…
Westpac taps Macquarie BFS’ CIO as its new IT leader
Westpac will bring in the IT leader of Macquarie’s banking and financial services division as its next chief information officer. The bank revealed in an…
US spectrum auction will fund purge of Huawei, ZTE, other Chinese telecom gear
The US Federal Communications Commission said an auction of wireless mid-band spectrum raised more than US$3.5 billion ($5 billion), which will largely be used to…