Census failure report release now down to PM, says his cyber adviser
The decision to release the long-awaited review of the census failure now sits with the prime minister, says his special adviser on cyber security.
The decision to release the long-awaited review of the census failure now sits with the prime minister, says his special adviser on cyber security.
Big Blue fires Census bullet back at Australian Government, with Nextgen and Vocus also coming under fire.
Two senior IBM staff have "resigned with immediate effect" following the Census debacle, according to reports.
The prime minister's special cyber security advisor, Alistair MacGibbon, has said the shut down of the census website will have a "lasting impact" on the public trust in the government to deliver digital services.
The Australian Federal Police will conduct a raid of offices at Parliament House today as part of an investigation into leaked NBN Co documents, senior Labor shadow minister Stephen Conroy has revealed.
The rollout and management of an updated Medicare payments system will not be outsourced to the private sector, prime minister Malcolm Turnbull reaffirmed last night.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to be made compulsory for all Australian students in senior years of high school, with such competency a requirement for university entry.
Labor has promised that it would roll out fibre-to-the-premises to up to two million additional homes and businesses, and phase out the government’s fibre-to-the-node NBN under a broadband policy announced on Monday.
Prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has hailed the University of New South Wales’ quantum computing research as the “best in the world.”
The Turnbull government on Thursday announced its long-awaited cyber security strategy, detailing 33 initiatives at a cost of $231.1 million over the next four years.
Do Australia’s top businesses and their leaders understand the digital future? It’s a fair question now that innovation looks like being the centrepiece of the Federal Government’s reform agenda under Malcolm Turnbull.
Spruiking innovation in government is not the same as acting on it, says shadow minister for human services, Senator Doug Cameron.
The Turnbull government has announced a $1.1 billion innovation plan to encourage risk taking activity that fosters a more entrepreneurial culture, supports early stage startups, promotes science and computing, and drives innovative research.
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has partnered with Australian startup incubator, Pollenizer to create DataStart, an initiative to support data-driven innovation in Australia.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has ripped responsibility for copyright and online piracy out of Attorney General George Brandis’ hands.