ABS cultivates new data sources to power its agriculture numbers
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is increasingly using third-party data – from government reporting to satellite imagery and farm software – in the production of…
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AI models with systemic risks given pointers on how to comply with EU AI rules
The European Commission has set out guidelines to help AI models it has determined have systemic risks and face tougher obligations to mitigate potential threats…
The ABC implements data warehouse amid governance restructure
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has consolidated its data into Snowflake’s data warehouse as part of a three-phase project “to operationalise [its] data governance”. Alison…
Victorian Ombudsman recruits for new CIO
The Victorian Ombudsman is recruiting for a new chief information officer as part of an effort to develop a “holistic” IT strategy and roadmap by…
Cloudflare makes changes to avoid repeat of 1.1.1.1 DNS outage
Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare is making changes to avoid a repeat of a service outage that took down its popular 1.1.1.1 domain name system (DNS)…
Qantas obtains court order to prevent third-party access to stolen data
Qantas Airways has obtained an interim injunction in the NSW Supreme Court to prevent the stolen data from being accessed or published by anyone, including…
Defence’s chief IT architect moves on
Defence’s chief IT architect has departed to lead technology and cyber operations at the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sports and the Arts.…
TAFE NSW charts $22m ERP upgrade
TAFE NSW is preparing to spend almost $22 million on its future enterprise resource planning environment as its SAP platform approaches end-of-life. The vocational education…
NoName057(16) cybercrime group targeted in global operation
Germany and Spain issued arrest warrants for seven suspected members of a pro-Russian hacking group accused of carrying out cyber attacks against critical infrastructure, arms…
Ex-intelligence officer jailed for stealing bitcoin from Silk Road 2.0 operator
An officer with Britain’s National Crime Agency who stole cryptocurrency from the operator of an illegal dark web marketplace was jailed on Wednesday for five-and-a-half…
Dymocks modernises system used to manage 40 million products
Dymocks has modernised its core product information management (PIM) system, home to data on 40 million books and other products, cutting associated infrastructure costs and…
Village Roadshow uses predictive rostering for its casual workforce
Village Roadshow has embedded predictive analytics to forecast attendance and optimise casual labour costs, following an eight-week development phase that cost them just “two gold…