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COVID_19
ATO systems crash in tax time refund rush
Agency urgently investigating outage.
Jul 1 2020 11:51AM
NSW Health deploys Microsoft Teams to all 140,000 staff
Completes fast-tracked rollout.
Jun 30 2020 6:35AM
How APIs helped NSW Health Pathology respond to COVID-19
Reusable microservices key to fight.
Jun 29 2020 7:10AM
How Tasmania began crunching COVID-19 hospital data in just days
Clinical analytics team central to state’s response.
Jun 26 2020 12:50PM
ATO to match data for early access super scheme, JobKeeper crackdown
Three million Aussies in the crosshairs.
Jun 23 2020 1:36PM
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UK ditches homegrown COVID-19 tracing app for Google-Apple model
After problems with NHS system on iPhone.
Jun 19 2020 6:37AM
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COVIDSafe app encounter logging bug uncovered on iOS
Devices unable to fetch temporary IDs when locked.
Jun 15 2020 3:57PM
Services Australia buys 35,000 laptops and monitors in two months
Massive WFH kit buy-up aimed at business continuity, mobility.
Jun 15 2020 6:57AM
DTA swamped with COVIDSafe app feedback in first month
Receives over 20,000 pieces of feedback from users and tech community.
Jun 12 2020 12:42PM
DTA improves Bluetooth privacy on COVIDSafe
But device names still visible.
May 27 2020 3:20PM
COVIDSafe privacy protections now locked in law
Contact tracing app bill passes with minor improvements.
May 14 2020 11:28AM
How an SMS bot helped NSW Health cut COVID-19 test result wait times
And other lessons from the pandemic.
May 14 2020 6:56AM
DTA chief defends AWS pick for COVIDSafe
Reveals app cost $1.5m to build all up.
May 6 2020 10:50PM
DTA admits COVIDSafe performance "highly variable" on iOS
But refutes some Bluetooth bugs witnessed.
May 6 2020 6:07PM
Home Affairs led early contact tracing app work at DTA's request
Workload saw IT agency farm out initial dev.
May 6 2020 1:17PM
Home Affairs reshuffles tech group due to COVID-19
New interim national security CIO named.
May 6 2020 7:05AM
Govt unveils COVIDSafe contact tracing app bill
Unlawful access punishable by five years jail.
May 5 2020 6:48AM
COVIDSafe likely to fall short of 40 percent target: iTnews poll
But not by much.
May 4 2020 6:35AM
NSW launches heat map showing active COVID-19 cases by postcode
DAC pulls together data to pinpoint coronavirus hotspots.
May 1 2020 12:25PM
Vic tribunal deploying new tech to resolve disputes remotely
Gets $5.2 million funding injection.
Apr 28 2020 1:07PM
