ACIC launches fingerprint matching into the cloud
Australia’s lead criminal intelligence agency, ACIC, has completed a $40 million project to move its national fingerprint identification system into the cloud. The Australian Criminal Intelligence…
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Westpac finishes replanning its Unite tech transformation
Westpac has replanned its Unite technology simplification program, bringing forward some activity and investment while pushing the expected completion date into FY29. Unite is the…
Fair Work Ombudsman quietly shuts critical technologies board
The Fair Work ombudsman has quietly dismantled its Critical Technology Projects Board after fewer than four years in operation. The Office of the Fair Work…
Optus fast-tracks network operations insourcing from Nokia
Optus has revealed that it will accelerate plans bring network functions currently outsourced to Nokia back in-house in response to September’s triple zero outage on…
NSW auditor: ‘extra agency-led AI policies needed’
Artificial intelligence is proliferating in NSW government with 357 different tools found to be in use across 21 of 26 of the state’s largest departments and…
Samsung triple zero firmware issue set to grow as inquiry nears
Samsung phones with firmware settings that stop them making emergency calls are poised to grow in number with iTnews now able to confirm that the…
Suncorp creates a “clear execution roadmap” for agentic AI
Suncorp has commenced “full-scale delivery” of agentic AI into its operations, predicting it will allow the insurer to “completely re-imagine” customer service and claims lodgement…
Building a Safer, Smarter Future for NFPs Through Technology Integration
Budgets are often tight which creates challenges when it comes to achieving compliance with increasingly complex cybersecurity obligations. Many of these organisations rely on volunteers…
Qantas’ digital and customer head steps down
Qantas’s chief customer and digital officer Catriona Larritt will step down by the end of December, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. In…
Palantir sues engineers who left to form ‘copycat’ AI firm
Palantir Technologies has sued two of its former senior engineers, accusing them of using the software company’s secret information to launch a “copycat” firm, Percepta…
Services Australia to “uplift” child support online account platform
Services Australia will deliver a “full digital platform uplift” to the online account system used for accessing child support by sometime next year. Work on…
Australian chief at US defence contractor L3Harris sold exploits to Russia
The United States Department of Justice said Peter Williams, an Australian who worked as the general manager for a division of US defence contractor L3Harris,…