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• Technology investment highlights from the 2022 Budget

  Budget 2022 has a strong focus on transitioning to a digital economy, improving public services delivery and keeping existing systems safe.

• Budget 2021: new ICT systems and upgrades planned

  While there were no new large headline digital or technology initiatives in this year's budget, there was support for a number of vital projects.

• NZ Health IT boss laments lack of specific Budget appropriation

  ​Budget 2020 committed $4 billion dollars of extra investment into Vote Health, but no specific funding for digital health initiatives or investment.

• Partners needed to help Callaghan Innovation drive Industry 4.0

  Callaghan Innovation is looking for a partner to help it deliver an Industry 4.0 "demonstration network" funded to the tune of $6.8 million in this year's Budget.

• "Wellbeing Budget" puts dollars behind digital transformation

  ​The government's "Wellbeing Budget", released yesterday, puts millions into a roadmap to drive prosperity in the digital age.​

• Treasury error exposed Budget data to searches

  Details of Budget documents posted by Treasury were able to be exposed through web searches, the agency has confessed, and Police have called off their hacking enquiry.

• Digital economy misses out amid feted NBN

  The viability of the National Broadband Network (NBN) is at risk after the budget failed to address how it will be used by government departments, according to the Australian Computer Society (ACS).