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• PwC delivers 2021 Census services on AWS

  ​PwC Australia has been selected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to deliver key 2021 Census services.

• Robot-proofing jobs: how to mitigate the AI threat

  Advancements in automation have created a new threat to jobs. Robots are no longer confined to replacing humans in assembly lines; the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) is now impacting the role of humans in the cognitive space, and that’s cause for concern.

• Can the internet save the gay marriage vote?

  The federal government has asked the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to carry out a survey to determine if Australians are for or against gay marriage.

• ​Regaining trust after a digital government failure

  Who could forget #censusfail last year? After a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and concerns over potential loss of data during the 2016 Census, the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Census site was shut down for days. Once it was eventually restored on 11 August 2016, it was successfully used by millions of Australians to submit their census data.

• Updated: ABS IT chief Patrick Hadley quits

  After five years at the helm, Patrick Hadley, CIO of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), is retiring, quitting the post in March.

• Why you're not investing enough in IT security

  The minute you outsource responsibility or governance of information security to a third party, you tie a noose around your neck and hand the end of the rope to a vendor.​

• Roll-out of tablets to the elderly has profound effect

  ​The number and proportion of older people in Australia’s population is growing rapidly. Many of them are growing old alone.

• ​CPSU defends ABS over Census debacle

  The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has defended Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) staff who worked on the 2016 Census saying they displayed a high level of professionalism “under difficult circumstances and significant funding pressures.”

• Heads roll at IBM for Census debacle, say reports

  ​Two senior IBM staff have "resigned with immediate effect" following the Census debacle, according to reports.

• Census outage caused by DoS attacks says ABS

  ​The Australian Bureau of Statistics has blamed Denial of Service attacks originating from overseas for the outage which hit the census website last night. But security experts have expressed their doubts.

• Government to tip $250M into ABS to modernise IT

  The Federal Government will invest around $250 million over five years to modernise IT infrastructure and statistical analysis processes at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
  

• Jobs up and down but slowly getting better

  Monthly jobs growth continues to bounce up and down like a super ball - but the ball is bouncing higher.

• Australia's unemployment rate hits 5.6%

  Australia's unemployment rate has jumped to its highest level in more than three years and is expected to rise further, boosting the chances of further interest rate cuts.

• Trade data hint at solid Dec quarter GDP

  Economic growth figures are a bit like federal budgets - you get fed bits and pieces before the big day, but even then there are usually some surprises. The budget's not until May 14, but the economic growth figures are looming.

• More ICT jobs as industry grows 11 per cent

  Around 12,300 new ICT jobs are expected to be available in the year to February 2013 with further growth anticipated to 2015 unless Australia enters a minimum two year recession, according to data from the Australian Computer Society.