Gov clocks up 20,000 passkeys created for myGov in a week – Security
Over 20,000 myGov users have set up passkeys to log into their accounts since the capability went live last week. Late last year, government services…
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Australian government signs AWS to deliver $2bn top-secret cloud – Cloud
The Australian government’s top secret cloud infrastructure will be built and run by AWS to host the country’s defence and intelligence data. The ‘TS Cloud’…
Microsoft settles California probe over worker leave – Training & Development
Microsoft has agreed to pay US$14 million ($20.9 million) to settle a California agency’s claims that it illegally penalised workers who took medical or family-care…
Indian officials visit Foxconn iPhone plant – Hardware
Indian labour officials visited a Foxconn factory in the country’s south this week and questioned executives about the company’s hiring practices, an official said, after…
Mandatory AI and automated decision risk reviews to land in Queensland – Software
Queensland public sector projects will soon be subject to internal assessments and external reviews designed for evaluating and mitigating risks specific to their use of…
Defence brings in contractors for ERP “dress rehearsal” – Software
The Department of Defence has called in outside help for business readiness testing around the financial portion of its long-running ERP rollout. The department is…
ADHA creates roadmap to increase healthcare identifier use – Software
The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) is attempting to scale up its healthcare identifiers service through a new five-year roadmap. Peter O’Halloran from ADHA. First…
Booktopia in administration after troubled automated warehouse move – Hardware – Software
Booktopia has entered voluntary administration after struggling with the expense of transitioning to a $12 million robot-enabled warehouse facility and to raise further funds. The Australian…
Personal details of 20 people breached in Iress hack – Security
Iress has completed an investigation into a breach of its OneVue platform, finding it was isolated to a “limited” part that contained test files, metadata…
National Archives to check health of its 15 service desks – Software – Cloud
National Archives of Australia is set to perform a “health check” on 15 service desks atop ServiceNow, its first such activity after six years of…
Biden revoked eight licenses for Huawei in 2024 – Networking
The Biden administration has revoked eight licenses this year that had allowed some companies to ship goods to Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei, according to…
Australia gives internet firms six months to draft online child-safety rules – Telco/ISP
Australia is giving the internet industry six months to come up with an enforceable code detailing how it will stop children seeing inappropriate material online…