Industry News
NSW Government website aims to help make good digital citizens
A new NSW Government website aims to help people have respectful online conversations and mitigate cyberbullying for young people. [ + ]
Services Australia urged to tighten myGov security
The Commonwealth Ombudsman has called on Services Australia to do more to protect Australians from myGov fraud after finding deficiencies in current processes. [ + ]
CSIRO, Google aim to accelerate use of AI for research
The CSIRO and Google plan to collaborate to promote and accelerate the use of AI among Australia's research community. [ + ]
NSW upgrading RFS trucks with Starlink
The NSW Government is preparing for the upcoming bushfire season with the rollout of new firefighting tankers and satellite technology. [ + ]
Workday added to DTA's Software Marketplace
Workday software has been added to the Digital Transformation Agency's Software Marketplace under the new category of ERP products and services. [ + ]
Austroads contracts MATTR to enable mobile driver's licences
Austroads has announced that MATTR will provide the DTS capabilities that will underpin Australia's mobile driver's licence ecosystem. [ + ]
Technology will be vital for healthy ageing
Accelerating the pace of digital innovation will be critical to improving outcomes for ageing Australians, according to a researcher from UniSC. [ + ]
AI chatbots have an "empathy gap" that puts children at risk: research
A new study proposes a framework for "child-safe AI" following recent incidents which revealed that many children see chatbots as quasi-human and trustworthy. [ + ]
Public–private partnerships key to containing disaster impacts
Disaster response and coordination expert Dr Emily Chapman said that there is a need for emergency services to engage in partnerships with the private sector. [ + ]
AWS, Microsoft have 56% of cloud services market: Finbold
The cloud services market is consolidating, with AWS and Microsoft collectively accounting for the majority of the market, according to Finbold estimates. [ + ]
Macquarie Data Centres breaks ground on IC3 Super West
Construction has commenced for the new IC3 Super West sovereign high-capacity data centre in Sydney's north. [ + ]
Victorian OPP implements new case management system
Victoria's Office of Public Prosecutions' new criminal case management system, Amicus, has been built on the Appian AI Process Platform. [ + ]
Supporting sustainable employment for neurodivergent individuals
A survey has found that 91% of Australians believe organisations should do more to support long-term employment for neurodivergent individuals. [ + ]
Indonesian hackers apologise, ask for donations
Hackers in Indonesia called a recent government data centre breach a "pentest with post payment". [ + ]
Armis completes IRAP assessment
The Armis Centrix asset intelligence and threat remediation platform has been certified to handle Australian Government data up to the Protected level. [ + ]
