Most Australians support the use of facial recognition to access government services.
Category: Technology
Services Australia taken to task over myGov security
Users of myGov aren’t adequately protected from fraud and Services Australia needs to improve and co-ordinate security, the Ombudsman says.
CSIRO in AI deal with Google
Australia’s national science agency has announced a partnership with Google Australia to boost the use of AI in science.
Can AI help save local government? AWS thinks so
AI can help councils become more financially sustainable, cloud computing giant AWS says in a submission to a parliamentary inquiry.
Stolen council data appears on dark web
Data stolen from a South Australian council has appeared on the dark web.
CrowdStrike outage could have been much worse: PM
An effective government response helped Australia dodge a bullet from a global outage that affected Windows devices, the PM says.
Hydrogen byproduct to be used in wastewater treatment trial
Barwon Water will investigate the use of pure oxygen produced as a byproduct of renewable hydrogen to treat wastewater.
Space industry boss quits after 3 months in the job
Maria MacNamara is stepping down as CEO of Australia’s peak space industry body.
Government tech audit necessary in light of foreign threat: minister
All government agencies must conduct an audit of their technology assets to identify potential vulnerabilities.
MAV launches innovation lab
MAVlab aims to help local governments innovate and harness evolving technologies.