TAFE NSW, NESA land tech funding in state budget
TAFE NSW and the NSW Education Standards Authority join NSW Police as big winners of technology-related funding in this year’s state budget. The state government…
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Qld tables $1 billion for major whole-of-government tech overhaul
The Queensland Government is to spend $1 billion to overhaul its technology delivery, aiming to unify IT investments and systems across 19 departments. The program will…
NAB brings Pete Steel into new digital, data and AI exec role
NAB has named Pete Steel as its group executive for digital, data and artificial intelligence, which includes oversight of the digital-only ubank. Pete Steel (Image…
WhatsApp banned on US House of Representatives devices
Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp messaging service has been banned from all US House of Representatives devices, according to a memo sent to all House staff. The…
Norths Collective marketing chief to leave in August
Norths Collective’s chief marketing and innovation officer Robert Lopez is stepping away from the role after over 13 years. Lopez announced his planned departure from the…
SA Water plans ‘once-in-a-generation’ core technology uplift
SA Water is embarking on a multi-year IT transformation program focused on redesigning and modernising its core systems. Elise Vervetjes (SA Water) Known as the…
How NAB unwound Teradata’s ‘tentacles’ to decommission it
NAB has detailed its 2023 Teradata decommissioning publicly for the first time, revealing how the data team rebuffed pressure to build a ‘like’ replacement, and…
The internet’s hidden gatekeeper is a ‘must have’, not an optional extra
In an era where cyber threats lurk behind every click, businesses and individuals are fighting an invisible enemy that exploits a fundamental weakness – the…
Australian Red Cross adopts data mesh strategy powered by Fabric
The Australian Red Cross is in the final stages of adopting a data mesh approach using Microsoft Fabric following a “false start” with a traditional…
WA Police Force to spend $30.8m on IT ‘optimisation’
The Western Australia Police Force will invest $30.8 million over four years in a wide-ranging ICT overhaul, as revealed in the 2025–26 WA State Budget.…
Social media ban software can work, say Australian trial organisers
Some age-checking applications collect too much data and no product works 100 percent of the time, but using software to enforce a teenage social media…
Victoria’s first government tech chief steps down
Victoria’s inaugural whole-of-government technology leader Luke Halliday has departed after three years. Halliday joined Digital Victoria in 2022 as its chief technology officer and was…