The Department of Home Affairs has made an important start. In response to an OpenAI agent reaching non-public files on a decades-old Medicare Statistics portal, last week it issued a direction that required agencies to …
When governments talk about digital transformation, the conversation usually turns to efficiency: less paperwork, faster services and fewer queues. That matters, but it misses the bigger picture. Digital government is an economic reform lever and …
Amid worsening strategic surprise and security fragility, Australia’s national resilience responses are just as important as its defence capabilities. While the original strategic logic for the Department of Home Affairs—the idea of peace, order and …
Australia’s landmark attempt to restrict youth access to social media will bring unwelcome consequences. The government’s legislation, passed by parliament on 28 November, risks shifting online problems to social media platforms that it doesn’t cover. …
To realise the potential of the Digital ID Act and the recently unveiled Trust Exchange (TEx), the government must move past political soundbites and develop a comprehensive identity and credentials strategy that includes building technical …




