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David Thodey

August

Reuse of technology requires using the software as it comes “out of the box” and not customising it. said ANZ retail chief, Maile Carnegie.

$2.2b lost in federal IT fails after fifth project abandoned

An ambitious attempt to build a common back office system has been abandoned, with little opportunity to reuse the $341 million technology.

  • Tom Burton

July

Natalie Davis, Woolworths head of supermarkets has resigned, taking the top job at Ramsay Health Care. Supplied

Woolworths in leadership limbo after exec becomes Ramsay CEO

After missing out on the CEO role at the retailer, Natalie Davis will take over from long-serving Ramsay boss Craig McNally who will step down next year.

  • Carrie LaFrenz

June

‘First draft fairy:’ How corporate lawyers are using game-changing AI

Legal eagles inside some of Australia’s best-known companies are training themselves to stay competitive in the AI era.

  • Paul Smith

March

Incoming University of Sydney chancellor, David Thodey, right, will replace Belinda Hutchinson.

Thodey to replace Hutchinson as Sydney University chancellor

With Sydney Uni deriving about half its revenue from foreign students, incoming chancellor David Thodey welcomes “a conversation” about effect on the broader community.

  • Julie Hare

November 2023

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Face scan logons, protection from Optus-like hacks in services revamp

Passwords are on the way out for digital services from the federal governments, as the myGov portal embraces a new secure passkey technology aimed at stopping scams.

  • Tom Burton
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August 2023

The big four have been put under the spotlight following the PwC tax scandal.

The public service still needs consultants – but far fewer of them

The use of external contractors has gone too far, but reform shouldn’t wind back the clock for answers. The challenge is to get the balance right.

  • Andrew Podger
Newly installed Australian Public Service Commissioner Gordon de Brouwer is promoting a new legal “stewardship” requirement.

Robo-debt crackdown is just the start, public service chief warns

The first response to the toxic and bullying leadership behaviours exposed in the robo-debt scheme will legally require all officials to be ‘stewards’ for good government.

  • Tom Burton

July 2023

Boards pull back on investment amid slowing economy

BOSS this week met with boardroom heavyweights from some of our largest companies around the country who warned the economy is in “very mixed” shape.

  • Patrick Durkin and Anthony Macdonald
Chairman of Hesta Nicola Roxon at the BOSS director roundtable.

Nicola Roxon ‘cross’ that business avoiding the Voice

Australia’s first female Attorney-General and Labor MP turned company director has made an impassioned plea for business not to abrogate its responsibilities on the Voice.

  • Patrick Durkin
The future of the myGov service portal will be critical to how government services minister Bill Shorten drives personalisation and the linking of services across all governments.

New thinking, new leaders reboot digital government

How bureaucrats are retooling services for the public will dominate The Australian Financial Review Government Services Summit next week.

  • Tom Burton
  • Analysis
  • AI
AI is already being used to help detect tax fraud and offers a suite of productivity gains for government.

How government can safely embrace AI

The philosophy and practice of generative AI in government must be safe, smart and sensible.

  • Martin Stewart-Weeks, Simon Cooper and Tom Burton

June 2023

Ramsay Health Care chairman MIchael Siddle will step down from the role after Novmeber’s AGM.

Ramsay mulls sale of its Asia joint venture business (again)

Last year talks fell over for the sale of Ramsay Sime Darby to IHH Healthcare Berhad, which had pitched an indicative proposal of some $US1.35 billion.

  • Carrie LaFrenz
David Thodey

David Thodey named Ramsay Health Care chairman

After nine years as chairman, Michael Siddle will exit the role but intends to remain on the board as a non-executive director.

  • Carrie LaFrenz

March 2023

Tyro Payments sees transaction volumes for more than 32,000 merchants.

Tyro’s board fees surge

Tyro’s directors must be some of the few workers managing to keep up with inflation.

  • Myriam Robin
Tyro Payments seems to have a spring in its step under new chief executive Jon Davey.

Tyro bank biz looms large in takeover talks

Tyro is talking up the assets it knows Potentia doesn’t want, but will shareholders buy the growth plans or push for the exits?

  • Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
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February 2023

NSW Customer Service minister Victor Dominello and Commonwealth Government Services minister Bill Shorten this week agreed to swap credentials. NSW users will be able to put their state digital drivers licence into the federal myGov. Commonwealth digital Medicare cards will also be able to be placed into a wallet in the Service NSW.

NSW, Commonwealth to share Medicare and driver’s licence credentials

NSW and the Commonwealth Government are sharing medicare and driver’s licence digital credentials in the first big step to offering multi-government support for major life events.

  • Tom Burton
Government Services Minister Bill Shorten, left, says the David Thodey report is a blueprint for future investment in the myGov portal.

MyGov review rethinks how the government should work

The review team heard many suggestions to unleash the full potential of the federal service portal, but there’s little point having a flash front door if the foyer is a consumer mish-mash.

  • Tom Burton

January 2023

Government Services Minister Bill Shorten said the Thodey report was a blueprint for future investment in the myGov portal.

Thodey: myGov should be front door to all government services

Renewing passports, completing the census and authenticating and certifying documents could all be done on myGov under a plan to make the portal the front door to government services.

  • Tom Burton
A review of the myGov portal by David Thodey has found “people are still struggling to get things done” despite major investments to modernise the service portal.

Thodey: myGov investment would drive $3.2b benefits

A user audit of the myGov portal has called for a separate fund to make the online portal “smarter” and to accelerate the roll-out of an urgently needed national digital identity scheme.

  • Tom Burton

Tyro lifts lid on books as shareholders push for deal

Payments company Tyro said it would finally allow Potentia Capital access to due diligence in hope of a “significantly improved” offer.

  • Ayesha de Kretser

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