News

• Net costs a barrier for seniors: study

  By AAP | 10 August, 2011 13:31

  More than 40 per cent of older Australians say the internet is too expensive, leaving them at risk of being shut off from health and other online services.

• ACCC warns VIPtel customers against scammers

  By Julia Talevski | 24 June, 2011 09:35

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a warning to VIPtel Mobile customers to not respond to any phone calls offering a refund in exchange for a fee.

• CeBIT 2011: Continued investment integral to Government’s ICT roadmap

  By Patrick Budmar | 01 June, 2011 11:14

  The government’s chief information officer, Ann Steward, has expanded on the digital vision for 2020 announced by Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, yesterday, when he launched the National Digital Economy Strategy at CeBIT 2011.

• Federal Parliament deploys Windows Vista

  By Renai LeMay | 02 December, 2010 11:35

  Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7 has been out for more than a year, but Australia’s Federal Parliament will ignore the release in the short term and is instead in the process of upgrading to its much-maligned predecessor, Windows Vista.

• Centrelink issues $40m storage as a service tender

  By Renai LeMay | 27 September, 2010 09:53

  Centrelink has kicked off a major technology purchasing initiative worth between $30 million and $40 million, as the national welfare agency continues its drive towards shifting its storage architecture towards being used as a service.

• Reseller: Tax return problems are not e-tax related

  By David Ramli | 02 August, 2010 12:26

  The ASX-listed reseller responsible for supporting and maintaining the Australian Taxation Office’s e-tax software, DWS (ASX:DWS), has claimed the software and its services are running perfectly.

• ATO suffering severe tax backlogs because of HECS horror

  By David Ramli | 26 July, 2010 12:34

  The Australian Taxation Office(ATO) is suffering from severe e-tax backlogs due to the introduction of a new system with HECS-HELP debt and Centrelink benefit receivers suffering the most, according to an ATO source.

• Government department seeks secure email

  By David Ramli | 12 April, 2010 12:15

  The Department of Human Services has launched a request for tender (RFT) to send and receive secure emails across telco networks.

• DEEWR wants new ICT provider panel

  By Trevor Clarke | 14 August, 2009 12:24

  The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) has opened a tender for the creation of a non-exclusive panel of ICT providers.

• Centrelink revamps ICT provider panels

  By Trevor Clarke | 08 July, 2009 12:17

  Centrelink is changing its three-panel ICT procurement set-up to a two-panel arrangement. The Applications Services Panel (ASP) and Integrated Services Panel (ISP) will be merged into one new panel of 10-15 providers.

• Centrelink issues $500k unbreakable code for free

  By Darren Pauli | 29 April, 2009 10:59

  Centrelink will release its $560,000 smart card identification protocol for free in an attempt to buy-back security systems based on the technology.

• Medicare employee accessed database to make fake Baby Bonus claims

  By Howard Dahdah | 27 November, 2008 09:26

  A Medicare employee has used his access privileges to hack into a database of deceased persons to claim more than $300,000 in false Baby Bonus payments, allege the Australian Federal Police.