Newly appointed digital minister Stuart Robert is calling for a national approach to digital infrastructure, saying governments across the country have systems akin to different state railway gauges stymieing economic development.
Mr Robert’s push for governments to co-ordinate their emerging digital systems comes as he said the federal government’s new single app for all services was being targeted to go live by the end of the year.
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