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ChatGPT still not meeting European data accuracy standards
eSafety and foreign regulators to sync content bans and oversight schemes
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Home Affairs' ICT modernisation needs backed by another review
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Home Affairs' outsourcing of IT support targeted in unfair dismissal case
Staff provide firsthand accounts as 'balance of work' changed.
Apr 12 2021 6:55AM
Services Australia's IT contractor dependency slammed by union
Technology services group now mostly non-APS staff.
Mar 18 2021 6:55AM
Govt urged to bring Veterans' Affairs dept IT back in-house
CPSU wants Services Australia shared services arrangement reviewed.
Mar 16 2021 12:46PM
VicRoads to partner with private sector for rego system overhaul
Joint venture model proposed.
Mar 8 2021 12:32PM
Intel avoids outsourcing embrace, investigates hack of results
Says it will lean more heavily on outside factories.
Jan 22 2021 1:15PM
Govt expands global tech talent visa program after tripling intake
Adds education, tourism and “circular economy” as new sectors.
Jan 20 2021 12:39PM
LG shakes up loss-making phone business
To outsource lower-end models.
Dec 8 2020 10:38AM
Senate opens probe into APS digital, data capability
IT outsourcing also to come under the microscope, again.
Dec 2 2020 2:56PM
Australia's global tech talent visa attracts 4109 migrants in first year
Offer of permanent residency comes through after slow start.
Sep 16 2020 12:29PM
Canberra's biggest agencies reveal size of outsourced IT workforce
And the areas contractors are most used.
Sep 11 2020 7:00AM
Geoscience Australia moves to replace IT services deal with DXC
As IT overhaul continues.
Aug 24 2020 6:07AM
ATO extends $1bn Optus megadeal for another 18 months
Prepares for network services changeover.
Jul 17 2020 11:55AM
WA Education to consolidate IT service providers
Looks to enter decade-long outsourcing arrangement.
Jul 8 2020 1:20PM
Health dept extends Datacom outsourcing deal for $160m
Two more years.
Jun 25 2020 6:54AM
Suncorp automates processes it had outsourced to India
After losing most of its BPO workforce to lockdown.
Jun 16 2020 12:37PM
Tech migrants shun Australia's new fast-track permanent residency visa
Early results show limited interest, but there's hope on the horizon.
May 18 2020 12:42AM
McKinsey tapped for myGov upgrade business case
Key platform an increasingly outsourced affair.
May 4 2020 5:00PM
Australia Post cuts IT contractors due to coronavirus
After stopping or pausing project work.
Apr 1 2020 7:11AM
Services Australia IT contractor costs double in two years
Now spending more than $500 million annually.
Feb 4 2020 6:57AM
IT contractors now cost the Commonwealth $1bn a year
Analysis: Outsourcing surges despite increased scrutiny.
Jan 28 2020 6:35AM
