WA government funds ‘ServiceWA’ pilot
The Western Australian government is funding for a trial of a one-stop-shop for public-facing transactional services, such as licensing and registrar services.
Stories by Rohan Pearce
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Telstra takes City of Melbourne to court over payphone upgrade program
Telstra has said it is seeking a Federal Court ruling over whether its upgraded payphones can be considered “low impact facilities” under the Telecommunications Act.
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Scammers impersonate Australian Cyber Security Centre
The Australian Cyber Security Centre has warned that scammers are seeking to impersonate ACSC staff over the phone, telling a prospective victim that they need help to “act against cyber criminals.”
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Labor pushes R&D tax incentive revamp
Labor has outlined proposed changes to the R&D tax incentive that it says will promote collaboration between industry and research institutions.
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NBN Co revenue growth slows as rollout nears completion
NBN Co has reported revenue of $2.04 billion for the first three quarters of its financial year, compared to $1.41 billion for the same nine-month period last year.
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IT outage hits immigration systems at airports
The Australian Border Force has warned of delays in passenger processing at international airports, with ABF staff forced to resort to manual processing.
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Competition regulator wants entry-level NBN plans at ADSL prices
The chair of the ACCC has expressed alarm about the affordability of the NBN for lower income households, citing the erosion of RSPs willing to offer base-level broadband products.
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Optus calls for new rules to facilitate small cell deployments
Australia is set to become one of the first nations with commercial 5G networks. However, it risks being left behind if planning rules aren’t updated.
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ASD head details Australia’s ‘offensive cyber’ operations
For the first time, the Australian Signals Directorate has revealed details of its “offensive cyber” operations.
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Researchers warn further flaws may be found in NSW’s iVote
Researchers have found a new vulnerability in a Swiss e-voting platform that could point to the existence of previously unknown security flaws in the iVote platform used by New South Wales.
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NSW’s iVote could face renewed scrutiny after Swiss sVote flaw revealed
A group of researchers has exposed a serious flaw in an Internet voting system developed by the same company behind a core component of New South Wales’ e-voting software.
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Centrelink jumps on New Payments Platform
A shift by Centrelink to the New Payments Platform (NPP) will mean that emergency welfare payments can be made almost instantly, according to the government.
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Software update knocks NBN Co’s Sky Muster satellite service offline
NBN Co’s satellite service suffered a major outage this morning, the network operator has confirmed.
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Mobile data usage climbs but fixed-line still king, ACCC says
Australians’ appetite for data is not abating reveal figures included by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in its latest communications report.
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Atlassian to be anchor tenant for Sydney tech precinct
Australian-founded software powerhouse Atlassian has struck an in-principle agreement with the New South Wales government to be an anchor tenant for the new Sydney and Technology Innovation Precinct.
