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Category: Essay

Posted on 11 August 202311 August 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 48

Bill Shorten 048

So many topics this week. Shoddy work from Home Affairs. Shoddy IT procurement. Surveillance. Digital identity. Data breaches. And pigs. Feral pigs. FERAL PIGS!

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Posted on 04 August 202304 August 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 47

Peter Dutton 047

Parliament was back this week The action included a major report on foreign interference through social media, activity at the PJCIS, digital ID for goats and sheep, a bribery scandal at Home Affairs, and more fallout from the robodebt scandal.

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Posted on 28 July 202328 July 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 46

Kathryn Campbell 046

Robodebt’s main villain quit her new job, fraudsters hit the tax office, there’s more news of shoddy government IT procurement, and there’s routine reports from committees.

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Posted on 21 July 202321 July 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 45

Kathryn Campbell 045

It’s the midwinter break in Canberra, but the government still found time to stand down robodebt’s main villain, and spend way to much money on IT systems.

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Posted on 14 July 202314 July 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 44

Senator James Paterson 044

The fallout from the robodebt royal commission dominated the news, but I still managed to find a handful of interesting items. Two of them involve the spooks.

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Posted on 08 July 202308 July 2023

The 9pm Edict podcast: This is whaddyawant, apparently

For the last few weeks I’ve been collecting your thoughts about the kind of podcasts you’d like me to make. Here are the results.

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