The finalists in the state & local government and federal government categories of this year's iTnews Benchmark Awards demonstrated why 'digital disruption' is such a big issue for the nation's policy-makers.
Despite the constraints of a notoriously slow-moving public sector, these six organisations were able to make the case for change and reap strong ROI as a result.
The CIOs of Australia Post, the Department of Agriculture, CrimTrac, Service NSW, the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet and Tasmania Police talked through the challenges of innovating in government, but also the benefits of "begging, borrowing and stealing" from fellow agencies.
Federal government
State & local government
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iTnews Executive Retreat - Data & AI Edition
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iTnews Cloud Covered Breakfast Summit
iTnews State of Security Breakfast
The 2026 iAwards
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Integrate 2026
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