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Military cyber strategy too vague on skills gap
The 2016 Defence White Paper is too defensive when it comes to cybersecurity and too vague on the looming skills gap, experts say. [ + ]
National Blood Authority looks to cloud to stem blood wastage
Australia's statutory agency for ensuring safe and secure blood donations has adopted an enterprise cloud platform from Nutanix to help stem $10 million worth of blood wastage per year. [ + ]
VEC told to evaluate e-voting system for disabled
The Victorian Auditor-General has advised the state's electoral commission to carefully evaluate its approach to electronic voting for the disabled, after a state audit found very low participation for the current system. [ + ]
Finance receives six bids for ASIC registry overhaul
The government has received bids from a range of domestic and international companies for a project to upgrade and operate ASIC's registry functions. [ + ]
Airservices progresses plans for single air traffic system
The government's Airservices Australia has issued a fourth work order to Thales Australia under a contract to help design a world-leading, single, harmonised, civil-military air traffic management system. [ + ]
Govt picks Shanghai for second start-up landing pad
The government has selected Shanghai as the site of one of five international landing pads to help connect Australian entrepreneurs with international growth opportunities. [ + ]
Agriculture tech experts to headline GRDC Update
The government's Grains Research and Development Corporation has invited agricultural technology experts to headline a grains R&D update in Merredin next week. [ + ]
Government sets up FinTech advisory group
The government has set up a new expert panel that will help the government seek to futureproof Australia's financial services sector by ensuring Australia becomes the leading FinTech player in APAC. [ + ]
Melbourne's digital smart city strategy
We speak with Michelle Fitzgerald, Melbourne's chief digital officer, to find out how the city aims to use technology to provide improved experiences for residents, visitors and businesses. [ + ]
Short-term delivery to effect long-term transformation
Australia's approach to government digital transformation is winning praise, but there are ways in which it can be improved, say experts. [ + ]
Anonymous messaging tool passes security audit
Ricochet, an open source tool for helping human rights activists and whistleblowers pass on information anonymously, is ready for prime time after passing a security audit. [ + ]
Can analytics unlock Australia's sustainable future?
Australia has the opportunity to build a smart network to safeguard the country's most precious resource — water. [ + ]
WA Health facing corruption probe over Fujitsu contract
After publishing a damning report, the WA Auditor General has turned over an investigation into the handling of the WA Department of Health's centralised computing contract with Fujitsu to the state's anti-corruption authority. [ + ]
WA parliament blames virus for systems shutdown
A previously unidentified virus was to blame for an IT systems shutdown at WA parliament last week, with technicians pulling the plug as a precaution to conduct diagnostics. [ + ]
Qld to set up $12.5m Cyber Security Unit
The Queensland government has allocated $12.5m to set up a whole-of-government cybersecurity unit to help agencies prepare for and defend against emerging threats. [ + ]
