The Robodebt Royal Commission, conducted in the wake of Australia's controversial automated debt recovery system, unveiled a troubling saga of governmental overreach and systemic failures. Like other public sector information and records management professionals, Alyssa Blackburn keenly followed the lengthy proceedings of the Commission and what it exposed in terms of inadequate practices. Alyssa, who has worked in senior roles in state and federal government agencies, is currently Director, Information Management at AvePoint. She spoke with IDM publisher and editor, Bill Dawes.

Two years after a scathing report from the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has issued two contracts worth over $A3.6 million dollars to implement records management systems from solution provider iCognition and local AI developer CastlePoint.

Australia’s national strategy to identify and retain essential government records is buckling under the complexity and cost of dealing with an exponential growth in data, according to a new report from the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO).

Voting for the Australian Senate will remain a pencil and paper process for some years to come, according to a call for tender just issued by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).