Dominello: NSW Government agency funding to be data-driven
The New South Wales government's new Minister for Finance, Services and Property, Victor Dominello MP, will use his place on the Expenditure Review Committee (ERC) to push for a data-driven approach to...
View ArticleNSW Electoral Commission nabs tech head from parliament
New South Wales Electoral Commission has appointed a new director of business systems as part of a corporate restructure which led to the resignation of its high-profile former CIO Ian Brightwell last...
View ArticleNew NSW RMS CIO to tackle legacy systems
Former Etihad Airways technology and innovation VP Rob Putter has been appointed chief information officer at New South Wales’ Roads & Maritime Services.
View ArticleNSW govt backs quantum computing with $26m fund
The New South Wales government has announced a $26 million fund to support the commercialisation of quantum computing in the state.
View ArticleFour universities set to join forces with 'Sydney Quantum Academy'
The city-wide initiative led by the University of Sydney is in partnership with Macquarie University, UNSW and University of Technology, Sydney (UTS).
View ArticleNSW Govt and Microsoft to commercialise machine learning solutions 'within a...
The New South Wales Government is teaming up with Microsoft in a bid to commercialise a machine learning based budget allocation solution.
View ArticleAtlassian, NSW Govt led taskforce to create Sydney 'innovation precinct'
Plans for a “technology and innovation precinct” running from Sydney’s Central station to Eveleigh are being drawn up by the New South Wales government and Australian software giant Atlassian.
View ArticleWho gets your Bitcoin once you kick the bucket?
The NSW Law Reform Commission will review laws around access to a person’s social media accounts and ‘digital assets’ after they die.
View ArticleNSW birth certificates, property titles and motor rego headed for the blockchain
Secure Logic, makers of the blockchain platform underpinning the NSW Government’s digital driver’s licence pilot, has revealed its ambitions for the technology across a bevy of state government services.
View ArticleFormer Facebook chief chairs CEBIT Australia, as fair flops in Europe
The former CEO of Facebook Australian and New Zealand has been appointed chairman of technology fair CEBIT Australia.
View ArticleNSW CISO Milosavljevic departs for federal DHS role
Dr Maria Milosavljevic, the NSW Government’s inaugural chief information security officer, is leaving the role to become the federal Department of Human Services' chief data officer.
View ArticleNSW govt signs cyber, training, AI ethics MOU with Microsoft
The New South Wales government has signed a five year memorandum of understanding with Microsoft, to collaborate on cyber security, artificial intelligence ethics, training and data-based decision making.
View ArticleFirefighting tech so useful it might be turned off
The mobile data terminals (MDTs) that have been rolled out across New South Wales are proving so popular that Fire and Rescue officials are considering temporarily shutting them off to test...
View ArticleNSW Data Analytics Centre staff receiving ethics training
Staff at the New South Wales Government’s Data Analytics Centre (DAC) are receiving ethics training to ensure they “take the responsibilities of citizen data seriously”, it has been revealed.
View ArticleSydney Trains commences Dwell Track trial to ease crowding, reduce delays
Depth cameras and computer vision have this week been rolled out at Wynyard Station in Sydney, in an effort to reduce platform crowding and cut the time it takes for trains to load and unload passengers.
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