Dismantling Human Services’ legacy system

What could possibly go wrong?

19 December, 2016

We need to win over staff: Human Services Dep Sec on welfare payment reform

DHS tech transformation.

16 November, 2016

More outsourcer mergers after HP Enterprise Services + CSC says Gartner

Amazon, Googler, VMware muscle-in.

31 May, 2016

Government payday cheques out big time for BPAY

Real time data rich transactions to roll by 2017.

5 November, 2015

Questions fly over billion dollar overhaul of Human Services

Opposition demands release of business case and costings.

16 April, 2015

Human Services takes $1 billion tech plunge

Medicare outsourcing in Budget limbo.

13 April, 2015

Thanks a billion: Centrelink’s megasystem overhaul looks primed for Budget

McClure report recommendations set to trigger real-time tech upgrades for Human Services, Tax.

26 February, 2015

Technology offshoring threat across dozens of APS agencies

Poor pay and skills shortage collide with 457 visa crackdown.

11 September, 2014

Outsourcing push reveals Health and DHS split

Cross-agency confusion on welfare infrastructure

11 August, 2014

Doctors and DoHA hold eHealth crisis talks

By Julian Bajkowski The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has held crisis talks with the head of the federal Department of Health and Ageing, Professor Jane Halton, over the unprecedented walkout of clinical advisors from the nation’s decade long $1 billion effort to build a functional eHealth system. Held on Tuesday, the meeting followed calls by […]

23 August, 2013

Feds launch NBN telehealth pilot

The $1.8 million Serving Older Australians NBN enabled telehealth project has been launched in WA to support the delivery of home care services. Federal Minister for Regional Communications Sharon Bird launched on Wednesday a National Broadband Network enabled telehealth trial to help support and monitor the health of older Australians in their homes. The project, […]

16 July, 2013

Auditor slams risky GST reporting systems

By Julian Bajkowski Legacy computer systems at the Australian Taxation Office that extract crucial reporting data on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) have again been found to have serious shortcomings that pose a threat to the quality of data the taxman produces for the government. In a new report […]

13 June, 2013