Category: ITnews

BoM never planned to end reliance on 'legacy' site
28
Nov
2025

BoM never planned to end reliance on ‘legacy’ site

After blowing past its budget to spend $96 million dollars on overhauling its website, generating a political pyroclastic cloud, the…

Hackers hijack US radio gear
28
Nov
2025

Hackers hijack US radio gear

Hackers are hijacking US radio transmission equipment to broadcast bogus emergency messages and obscene language, the Federal Communications Commission said….

ATA makes board chief executive-level club in bid for clout
27
Nov
2025

ATA makes board chief executive-level club in bid for clout

The telco industry lobby has moved to project more authority and boost its influence by retiring its board to replacing…

Asahi aims to restore logistics by February following cyberattack
27
Nov
2025

Asahi aims to restore logistics by February following cyberattack

Japan’s Asahi Group aims to normalise logistical operations by February next year after a cyberattack in late September forced widespread…

NSW' $969m single digital patient record at risk of cost overruns
27
Nov
2025

NSW’ $969m single digital patient record at risk of cost overruns

A nearly $1 billion project to deploy a single digital patient record (SDPR) in NSW is at risk of cost overruns, with…

QBE backs leadership and startup culture to deliver transformation
27
Nov
2025

QBE backs leadership and startup culture to deliver transformation

QBE Insurance Group has a “multi-lever” transformation underway, with technology investments driving improvements to date but leadership and startup culture…

ATA asks fed gov to make triple zero
27
Nov
2025

ATA asks fed gov to make triple zero “compliant” device list public

Australian telcos have called on the federal government to maintain a public list of mobile phones that handset makers claim…

New 2026 Executive Retreat for Security Leaders
27
Nov
2025

New 2026 iTnews Executive Retreat for Security Leaders

iTnews is launching a new event series designed to give senior technology executives the space to step back from day-to-day…

Telstra emergency call ops did not spot Optus triple zero outage
26
Nov
2025

Telstra emergency call ops did not spot Optus triple zero outage

Telstra, as holder of the federal government’s emergency call provider contract, has told a parliamentary inquiry into the fatal September…

Australian teenagers ask High Court to block social media ban
26
Nov
2025

Australian teenagers ask High Court to block social media ban

A constitutional challenge against Australia’s social media ban on children younger than 16 has been filed in the nation’s highest court,…

TPG Telecom says disaster roaming deal with Telstra and Optus is close
26
Nov
2025

TPG Telecom says disaster roaming deal with Telstra and Optus is close

TPG Telecom has told the parliamentary triple zero inquiry into a fatal emergency call service outage last month that it…

News Corp Australia taps IAG digital exec as next CDTO
26
Nov
2025

News Corp Australia taps IAG digital exec as next CDTO

News Corp Australia has named IAG’s Nandor Locher as its next chief digital and technology officer (CDTO), starting in March…