Almost four years into the Albanese government’s consultants purge, agencies are still on the hook for almost $600 million in large active consultant contracts, new integrity disclosures show. The...
Public Sector
A violent stabbing in a Services Australia centre in 2023 has sent Canberra’s biggest tech agency to market this month for new investigation software. Services Australia last week launched...
Outdated and “clunky” technology is holding back public servants at the heart of government, an independent review of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has found. The capability...
Controversial National Disability Insurance Scheme software and Australia’s fledgling Digital ID system will go under the audit office microscope this year amid concerns about both schemes. The audit on...
Proposed legislation to ban unethical contractors from government procurement opportunities would introduce significant operational risks to technology delivery programs, the Digital Transformation Agency says. A private members bill put...
The Minns government shed almost $300 million more in spending on contractors and consultants last year in an effort to repair the state Budget and move more work in...
The Australian Taxation Office will move forward with its planned enterprise resource planning overhaul after securing almost $61 million to develop a second pass business case. The new funding,...
The Commonwealth entity in charge of drafting and publishing Australia’s laws repeatedly breached procurement rules in a $13 million project to shift Australia’s most important legislation register to the...
A ChatGPT-style artificial intelligence tool for the public service will receive more than $166 million in funding over the next three years, the federal government has announced in its...
The Employment department’s secretary will leave her role 18 months earlier than planned amid serious doubts about the legality of the automated compliance system she is administering. In a...