Government kicks off cashless welfare trial
16 March, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe government has commenced a controversial trial in South Australia's Ceduna involving providing 80% of welfare payments on a cashless Visa debit card.
Unisys opens GovConnectNSW service desk
14 March, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingUnisys has opened a new service desk in Sydney to support the delivery of its six-year contract to provide IT support to NSW government agencies.
Defence renews IT support contract with Unisys
10 March, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Australian Department of Defence has signed a two-year contract extrusion with Unisys worth around $74 million covering the continued delivery of IT support nationwide.
Queensland Rail to use Quintiq software to manage fleet
10 March, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingQueensland Rail will use software from Quintiq to help manage its train fleet, including its 75 new NGR trains, as part of the largest single investment in trains in the state's history.
ANSTO to take ownership of Australian Synchrotron
10 March, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe federal government has selected the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation to manage the Australian Synchrotron due to its experience managing large-scale research infrastructure.
Adelaide scores $230m defence innovation centre
09 March, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe federal government has allocated $230m to build the new centre for Defence Industry Capability, which will see Defence and the private sector collaborate on innovative technologies.
Closing the ICT gender gap
09 March, 2016 by David BrauePlacing a broader focus on increasing digital fluency, and not just on STEM skills, may help close ICT gender gap, experts say.
Defence supplier Thomas Global opens innovation hub
07 March, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingADF technology supplier Thomas Global Systems has opened an innovation hub to support the development of technologies for the defence and aerospace industries.
Agriculture tech experts to headline GRDC Update
29 February, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe government's Grains Research and Development Corporation has invited agricultural technology experts to headline a grains R&D update in Merredin next week.
Airservices progresses plans for single air traffic system
29 February, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe 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.
VEC told to evaluate e-voting system for disabled
29 February, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe 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
29 February, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe government has received bids from a range of domestic and international companies for a project to upgrade and operate ASIC's registry functions.
Government sets up FinTech advisory group
26 February, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe 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.
WA Health facing corruption probe over Fujitsu contract
22 February, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAfter 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.
New supercomputer for computational physics
18 February, 2016Gravitational waves have been a hot topic in science recently, and a new supercomputer at The University of Western Australia is anticipated to help further research in the area.
