Australia’s state and territory education ministers have agreed to delay the national online rollout of NAPLAN until 2021 after thousands of public school students were left unable to access or complete online tests earlier this year due to the connectivity problems.
The government has earmarked $316.2 million over four years as it works to digitally transform the welfare payment system.
Angus Taylor, Australia's Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation, has been named as the country’s new Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity.
A hacker gained access to a national security contractor’s system for an “extended period of time” and stole a “significant” amount of data last year, the government will reveal today.
The government has given the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) the go-ahead use its ‘offensive cyber capabilities’ to fight offshore cyber crooks.