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AI & Machine Learning
Lead · HIGHTreasury releases draft rules mandating assessments for models above 10^25 FLOPs used in public services or critical infrastructure.
WM take Most Australian teams are still treating model cards as optional paperwork; this will force real process changes or they will lose government work.
Cloud & Infrastructure High
Department of Defence updates IRAP certification to cover all cloud services handling classified or sensitive data from mid-2027.
Cybersecurity High
New guidance prioritises inventory of quantum-vulnerable algorithms in government and critical infrastructure systems.
Blockchain
Reserve Bank confirms the next phase of its CBDC trial will focus exclusively on interbank and large-value payments.
Digital Government
Federal myGov+ platform now accepts Victorian and New South Wales digital credentials for licensing and health records.
Future Interfaces
New trial uses mixed-reality headsets to let engineers inspect regional assets without physical travel.
APAC AI Oversight and Cloud Sovereignty Converge
Australian regulators signal tighter controls on frontier models while agencies accelerate sovereign cloud migrations ahead of 2027 deadlines.
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This week · Sector packs
Across government, infrastructure, enterprise and growth, the same constraint keeps showing up: new channels and AI pilots outrun the systems of record, named owners and integration spines that make outcomes real.
Service reform stalls when systems of record stay fragmented and no single owner is accountable for end-to-end outcomes.
Hard call Pick one high-volume service journey and fund the integration spine and named operating owner before any ne…
Open pack · GOV ↗Field, commercial and enterprise data still live in separate worlds — so decisions lag the workface.
Hard call Connect one commercial or delivery process end-to-end this quarter — packages, status and evidence in one c…
Open pack · INF ↗Platform spend keeps rising while the operating model still depends on point-to-point workarounds.
Hard call Publish a one-page systems-of-record map with named owners — then refuse new point-to-point interfaces that…
Open pack · ENT ↗Early systems either scale with you or become the reason you cannot.
Hard call Choose one spine for customers, work and money — automate that before adding another specialist SaaS
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