Budget pressure will crimp Nats’ plans to digitise government

Budget pressure will crimp Nats’ plans to digitise government
National party’s tech spokesperson Judith Collins. (Image: Getty)
Peter Griffin
It’s been the preoccupation of Judith Collins on the campaign trail whenever she’s asked about tech-related policy. The National party’s tech spokesperson usually recounts her visit earlier in the year to the New South Wales government, where she was shown a host of impressive digitisation projects. She now wants to see more of our own government services digitised, with artificial intelligence playing a role too. What exactly National’s priorities are for digital government services haven’t bee...

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