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Victor Dominello

October

Tech Council chairwoman Robyn Denholm and her fellow board members have been criticised by members for failing to act against Richard White until he chose to resign.

Angry members brand Tech Council a ‘billionaires lunch club’

The industry association for some of the country’s largest technology firms failed to act on allegations against WiseTech founder Richard White, they say.

  • Tess Bennett and Amelia McGuire
The presence of accused “LinkedIn lecher” Richard White on the board is awkward.

Tech Council board picked Richard White over Robin Khuda

One must pity the Tech Council of Australia, newly tied to Richard White, who joined its board in late June.

  • Myriam Robin

August

Bill Shorten (right) has worked closely with former NSW Digital minister Victor Dominello (left) to rethink citizen data sharing.

The story behind the click-to-prove revolution

Bill Shorten’s ambitious move to enable an economy wide digital verification system marks a major shift towards giving citizens power over their own data.

  • Tom Burton
Treasury departments need to rethink digital investments argues former NSW minister Victor Dominello.

Five projects to fix Australia’s productivity woes

The answer to the nation’s sagging productivity is staring us in the face says former NSW minister Victor Dominello.

  • Tom Burton

May

There was no sign of big picture thinking from first ministers at this week’s national cabinet.

Nordic paradox: how male resentment fuels domestic abuse

Closing gender pay gaps fuels domestic violence, pointing to the deep challenges to stop the societal scourge.

  • Tom Burton
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December 2023

After years of promising to unify federal services the government has agreed to expand myGov to cover all major services.

myGov to be single entry portal after agencies told to get on board

All major federal services will be able to be accessed through a single portal after it was agreed to mandate the consolidation of services onto the myGov platform.

  • Tom Burton
Lucinda Holdforth, who’s had enough of authenticity narratives.

LinkedIn is rotting our leaders, says Alan Joyce’s former speechwriter

Lucinda Holdforth reckons executives should focus on delivering results and ditch the bubble talk about authenticity and vulnerability.

  • Myriam Robin

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

September 2023

A team of former NSW officials behind the states world-leading Service NSW platform have joined former minister Victor Dominello in a new advisory firm known as Service Gen.

Robo-debt should not stop governments using AI, Dominello says

Generative AI will fundamentally change government services, hyper personalising delivery, and governments need to embrace it, says former NSW digital minister.

  • Tom Burton

August 2023

Government needs to be match fit for the digital era says UNSW Professor Victor Dominello.

How to get public sector leaders ‘match fit’ for the digital age

In the wake of the robo-debt scandal, a group of experts are developing a program to help public service executives get to grips with the next wave of technologies.

  • Tom Burton

July 2023

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher wants the first phase of the new identity system up and running in a year.

Identity reforms open new era of personalised government

The ambitious aim to have a working digital identity system up and running by the middle of next year paves the way for a raft of personalised government services.

  • Tom Burton
Bill Shorten said Australians should be entitled to expect better from government technology.

Government online should be a one-stop-shop. But don’t expect it soon

State and federal governments are trying to make access to digital services easier, but there is still a long way to go.

  • Jennifer Hewett
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

May 2023

Bipartisan lobbying. Victor Dominello (l) replaces former Coalition colleague Wyatt Roy on the Tech Council board, where he joins former Labor Queensland Innovation Minister Kate Jones.

Dominello takes a seat in political musical chairs on Tech Council board

Former NSW minister for digital government Victor Dominello’s post-political career is continuing to take shape.

  • Paul Smith

March 2023

Dominic Perrottet and Chris Minns are gearing up for the NSW election on March 25.

Who is winning the war of words on WeChat in the NSW election?

NSW Labor leader Chris Minns has paid up for advertising on Chinese social media app WeChat as he looks to attract voters in key battleground seats.

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  • Gus McCubbing
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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

December 2022

Adobe APAC digital practice lead, John Mackenney said poor readability and multi-lingual support for government web sites was leading to lower satisfaction and trust.

NSW leads government website ranking

Poor readability, lack of language support and slow mobile performance are impeding many Australia government websites, according to a new global survey.

  • Tom Burton

October 2022

Katy Gallagher.

Government pushes for digital identity system after Optus hack

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has called together all the digital ministers to kick-start the rollout of a national identity system.

  • Tess Bennett and John Davidson

September 2022

Optus has been hit by a data breach.

Optus, banks scramble to share data as fraud fears rises

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said regulators have been meeting all week to figure out how to share Optus data with banks so they can protect victims of the breach from fraud and identity theft.

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  • Lucas Baird, Campbell Kwan and Andrew Tillett

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