Procurement lessons from the Trump experience

Actual or perceived conflicts of interest can irreparably undermine any procurement process, damaging public faith in government integrity. 

20 February, 2020

Cloud centre to boost neighbourhood health

A new centre will use cloud-based innovation to map out public health problems.

17 June, 2019

Will Amazon dominate government procurement?

As online retail giant Amazon sets up its Australian operations, serious concerns have emerged in the US about its potential dominance of Federal Government purchasing. The new US National Defense Authorization Act, which has been passed by the House of Representatives and is currently before the Senate, will move Defense Department purchasing to unspecified ‘online […]

3 November, 2017

Parkes Shire Council pitches to Amazon with Elvis video

Regional development, Elvis style.

25 May, 2017

Paul Shetler on the new industrial revolution: Digital disruption

Transformation not transition, argues Shetler.

11 April, 2017

Digital Transformation Office hiring, hunts for .au ex-pats

Reckon you can make a difference?

27 August, 2015

Why Australia’s Digital Identity is now at a crossroads

Contestability or a return to Rail Gauges?

30 July, 2015

QLD wants teens to fly emergency robot drones

STEM students put to international skills test.

27 July, 2015

Transport NSW cashes-in on hipster commuter merchandise

iPhone covers that fit smartcard tickets sell like hotcakes.

18 May, 2015

Public libraries turn the page on e-books

Big changes afoot in Australia’s libraries.

9 January, 2015

Public libraries fight to keep Aussie authors in e-book stores

Public libraries

12 August, 2014

Canberra backs industry-led Cloud Code

By Julian Bajkowski The Rudd government’s new Minister Assisting for the Digital Economy, Senator Kate Lundy has publicly backed the creation of a new Cloud Consumer Protocol by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) for retail purchasers less than a week after formal guidance for government buyers was released by the Attorney General’s Department. Senator Lundy […]

16 July, 2013

Turnbull declares transfer pricing laws an online revenue dud

By Julian Bajkowski In a strong sign that bipartisan support is mounting for a crackdown on transfer pricing tax schemes, Opposition Communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull has come out swinging against multinational technology companies that generate billions of dollars of revenue in Australia but pay proportionally miniscule amounts of tax here through transfer pricing arrangements. The […]

21 February, 2013