Amaysim slugged with $138,600 penalty for unverified number ports
Key points Amaysim has paid a $138,600 infringement notice and entered an enforceable undertaking after ACMA found it ported 13 mobile numbers without required identity…
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ASIC to review banking sector AI use and customer impacts
Australia’s corporate regulator will formally review the country’s banking sector’s usage of AI in dealing with customers. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) warned…
Home Affairs orders gov-wide ‘legacy’ system stocktake within six months
Key points Home Affairs has ordered all federal departments and agencies to conduct a legacy technology stocktake within six months, until the end of March…
Australian Energy Regulator appoints permanent CIO
Key points Daniel Woolstencroft has become the Australian Energy Regulator’s first permanent chief information officer since it started on 1 July. He started in the…
Australia’s CSL taps AWS to boost research pipeline
Australian biotechnology firm CSL said it is collaborating with Amazon’s cloud arm to harness AI and cloud technology across its research and clinical development pipeline.…
OpenAI agent accessed “credentials” via Medicare data portal
OpenAI has admitted the model that gained non-public access to a Medicare statistics portal also ran commands and retrieved credentials, going beyond its earlier account…
Telstra payphone granted heritage status
Key points A Telstra payphone on the NSW south coast has earned heritage listing on social and historical grounds for its role during a major…
Charles Darwin University setting up ‘real-time view’ of institution
Key points Charles Darwin University has expanded an ITSM replacement project into a broader push to re-platform technology across many operational areas. CIDO Andrew Tully…
Australia Post signs three-year deal with Telstra
Key points Australia Post has signed a three-year, “multimillion-dollar” agreement with Telstra for connectivity for its almost 4000 locations. Around 300 locations will be upgraded…
Bupa builds single customer view to personalise healthcare
Key points Bupa has consolidated 90 percent of its customer and health data onto a single Databricks-powered platform to enable its Connected Care strategy. Chief…
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probe
The CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic have been called to appear at an Australian senate inquiry on AI, the head of the probe said on…
Teen researcher with AI hackbot cracks Microsoft’s Titan analytics
A 16-year-old security researcher has earnt a US$5000 ($7126) bug bounty from Microsoft, after getting through authentication checks on the tech giant’s internal Titan analytics…