[ { "post_id": "371", "post_category_id": "13", "post_title": "Privacy Act reforms: what could the proposed changes mean for DSPs?", "post_content_short": "The Australian Government is consulting on the next\n\tstage of reforms to the <\/u>Privacy\n\tAct 1988<\/em><\/u><\/a>,\n\twith the proposed changes covering how organisations collect, use, disclose, secure and manage personal information. We’re reviewing\n\tthe proposed reforms and seeking your feedback on their potential impact.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/371\/adg-.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/members-only\/privacy-act-reforms-what-could-the-proposed-changes-mean-for-dsps\/", "post_date": "2026-09-03 02:33:00" }, { "post_id": "372", "post_category_id": "13", "post_title": "Payments Modernisation: What’s Changing in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand", "post_content_short": "Over the past 12 months, Australia has finalised an industry vision for the future of account-to-account payments and governments and\n\tregulators have progressed several related reforms. \n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/372\/ddf.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/members-only\/payments-modernisation-whats-changing-in-australia-and-aotearoa-new-zealand\/", "post_date": "2026-09-03 00:46:00" }, { "post_id": "370", "post_category_id": "8", "post_title": "Inquiry into cyber security for SMEs", "post_content_short": "We provided a submission to the House Select Committee on Cyber Security for Small to Medium Sized Businesses and Organisations’ inquiry into the cyber security preparedness of small and medium-sized businesses and organisations on 28 August.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/370\/1Green-Background.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/policy\/inquiry-into-cyber-security-for-smes\/", "post_date": "2026-09-02 07:33:00" }, { "post_id": "369", "post_category_id": "13", "post_title": "Calling for Experts: Digital Identity Working Group", "post_content_short": "We’re giving our Digital Identity Working Group a fresh new look, and welcoming ConnectID as a partner.<\/strong> We're kicking off the first session back on 1 October<\/strong> at 1:00pm AEST<\/strong> and are keen to hear from digital identity\nexperts that want to bring valuable insights to the conversation. If that sounds like your kind of thing, we’d love to hear from you.\nLet us know you're interested by emailing hello@dspanz.org<\/a>", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/369\/hand.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/focus\/identity\/", "post_date": "2026-09-01 08:02:00" }, { "post_id": "364", "post_category_id": "8", "post_title": "National Employment Standards (NES) Inquiry", "post_content_short": "We provided a submission to the Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations, Skills and Training’s inquiry into the\noperation and adequacy of the National Employment Standards (NES) under the Fair Work Act 2009<\/em>.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/364\/Submissions.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/policy\/policy-central\/national-employment-standards-inquiry\/", "post_date": "2026-09-01 00:30:00" }, { "post_id": "367", "post_category_id": "7", "post_title": "Payments Sydney Workshop", "post_content_short": "Industry collaboration is essential as Australia’s payments landscape continues to evolve. DSPANZ’s latest in-person Payments\nWorkshop brought business software providers together with senior representatives from Australian Payments Plus, the Reserve Bank of\nAustralia, Treasury, AusPayNet and the Australian Taxation Office.
", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/367\/Member-News.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/connect\/events\/past-events\/payments-sydney-workshop\/", "post_date": "2026-08-17 04:38:00" }, { "post_id": "366", "post_category_id": "7", "post_title": "Business Software Leaders Forum.", "post_content_short": "Senior leaders from across Australia’s business software and payments sectors came together in Sydney on 13 August for the inaugural DSPANZ\n\tBusiness Software Leaders Forum.  \n\n
", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/366\/Representation-Newsletter-Tile.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/connect\/events\/past-events\/business-software-leaders-forum\/", "post_date": "2026-08-17 04:06:00" }, { "post_id": "365", "post_category_id": "7", "post_title": "DSPANZ Member Connect", "post_content_short": "Thanks to everyone who joined us for another DSPANZ Member Connect event! What a great night full of networking, sharing insights and discussing issues that matter most to you! to the business software sector. ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/365\/1Member-Spotlight-Newsletter-Tile.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/connect\/events\/past-events\/dspanz-member-connect\/", "post_date": "2026-08-17 04:04:00" }, { "post_id": "368", "post_category_id": "13", "post_title": "Join the DSPANZ AI Standards Working Group", "post_content_short": "With AI increasingly adopted across the software development ecosystem, DSPANZ has established the AI Standards Working Group<\/strong>, for our members to collectively consider these issues and help shape DSPANZ’s position on responsible use of AI. If you're interested in supporting industry-driven work around AI Standards, we want you to join - get in touch with us at hello@dspanz.org<\/a>", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/368\/Purple-Background.png", "post_content_type": "event", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/event-rsvp\/register-your-interest-ai-standards-sub-committee\/", "post_date": "2026-08-17 01:55:00" }, { "post_id": "363", "post_category_id": "8", "post_title": "Review of Payments System Regulation", "post_content_short": "DSPANZ provided a response to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) Issues Paper on the Review of Payments System Regulation.  ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/363\/oayroll.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/policy\/review-of-payments-system-regulation\/", "post_date": "2026-08-13 04:36:00" }, { "post_id": "362", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "COSBOA Small Business Summit 2026", "post_content_short": "We attended the COSBOA Small Business Summit which brings together government ministers, regulators, industry leaders, and small business\nrepresentatives to address the pressing challenges and opportunities facing the sector. Read about DSPANZ Director insights from the Summit", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/362\/bn.svg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/connect\/news\/cosboa-small-business-summit-2026\/", "post_date": "2026-08-06 03:57:00" }, { "post_id": "361", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "A new financial year: building on momentum", "post_content_short": "Chris Denney reflects on the sector’s end of financial year achievements, the priorities shaping the year ahead and DSPANZ’s work to become a\nsharper, more member-focused organisation.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/361\/.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/connect\/news\/dspanz-mid-year-recap\/", "post_date": "2026-08-03 07:59:00" }, { "post_id": "359", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "TPB AI Guidance for Tax Practitioners and Potential Impacts for DSPs", "post_content_short": "We've broken down the TPB's TPB(GS) 55\/2026 on AI and the Code of Professional Conduct and the potential impacts for DSPs.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/359\/TPB-AI-Guidance.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/connect\/news\/tpb-ai-guidance-tax-practitioners-impacts-dsps\/", "post_date": "2026-07-27 06:55:00" }, { "post_id": "358", "post_category_id": "13", "post_title": "Payments Sydney Workshop", "post_content_short": "Our next in-person Payments all day workshop is coming up on 13 Augus<\/strong>t in Sydney.<\/strong> Interested in coming along? Register to attend today!", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/358\/All-Stakeholders-Working-Group.png", "post_content_type": "event", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/event-rsvp\/register-your-interest-payments-in-person-workshop\/", "post_date": "2026-07-14 02:31:00" }, { "post_id": "357", "post_category_id": "8", "post_title": "Verifiable Credentials Policy", "post_content_short": "DSPANZ provided a submission on the Department of Finance's consultation on verifiable credentials (VCs) policy on 3 July 2026. ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/357\/Verifiable-Credentials-Policy.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/policy\/policy-central\/verifiable-credentials\/", "post_date": "2026-07-06 05:31:00" }, { "post_id": "356", "post_category_id": "13", "post_title": "You're Invited: DSPANZ Member Connect Event", "post_content_short": "Spread the word, Sydney! DSPANZ Members are invited to join us for another Connect Event on 13 August. Get excited and tell your work mates -\nwe can't wait to see you there!", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/356\/bb.png", "post_content_type": "event", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/event-rsvp\/dspanz-member-connect\/", "post_date": "2026-06-30 05:55:00" }, { "post_id": "355", "post_category_id": "8", "post_title": "Draft Practice Statement PS LA 2026\/D3", "post_content_short": "DSPANZ provided input into the ATO's draft guidance on the process of review for Payday Super: Exceptional Circumstances\nDeterminations. ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/355\/paydsay.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/policy\/policy-central\/draft-practice-statement-ps-la-2026d3\/", "post_date": "2026-06-29 07:23:00" }, { "post_id": "354", "post_category_id": "8", "post_title": "Proposed Legislative Changes for Intermediaries", "post_content_short": "DSPANZ provided a submission to Inland Revenue on the Proposed Legislative Changes for Intermediaries. We highlighted\nthe framework is proportionate, technology-neutral and commercially workable, and on identifying specific areas where we ask for\nclarification, co-design or transitional relief.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/354\/ATO-Vulnerability-Framework.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/policy\/proposed-legislative-changes-for-intermediaries\/", "post_date": "2026-06-17 00:22:00" }, { "post_id": "353", "post_category_id": "13", "post_title": "DSPANZ Members Only Payroll Working Group", "post_content_short": "The DSPANZ Payroll Working Group meets monthly and is open to DSPANZ members only. Fostering an open environment through networking,\ncollaboration, and continuous learning to address common challenges, understand regulatory impacts, and stay informed on the latest developments. Discover more about the group and how you can get involved!", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/353\/19.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/focus\/payroll\/", "post_date": "2026-06-12 02:22:00" }, { "post_id": "352", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Cyber Resilience and the Three Pillars of Cyber Threat Intelligence", "post_content_short": "Join Yvonne Sears, author of Resilience by Design, at our upcoming webinar 'Cyber Resilience and the Three Pillars of Cyber Threat\nIntelligence'<\/strong> as she explores how understanding cyber risk starts with understanding what matters most. Register to attend today!", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/352\/Navy-Background.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/connect\/events\/past-events\/cyber-resilience-and-the-three-pillars-of-cyber-threat-intelligence\/", "post_date": "2026-06-03 03:02:00" }, { "post_id": "351", "post_category_id": "12", "post_title": "Likely impact of proposed CGT changes on investment in small Digital Service Providers (DSPs)", "post_content_short": "Read our high level summary of the likely impact of proposed CGT changes on investment in small digital software providers<\/strong>", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/351\/Navy-Background.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/policy\/cgt-changes-impacts\/", "post_date": "2026-06-02 06:46:00" }, { "post_id": "350", "post_category_id": "25", "post_title": "NZ Budget 2026", "post_content_short": "Aotearoa New Zealand's Budget 2026 contains a range of initiatives that will affect the environment in which Digital Service Providers (DSPs) operate.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/350\/NZ-Budget.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/connect\/news\/aotearoa-nz-budget-2026\/", "post_date": "2026-06-02 04:59:00" }, { "post_id": "349", "post_category_id": "8", "post_title": "Proposed Regulatory Data Standards Development Reforms", "post_content_short": "DSPANZ provided feedback to Data Standards Body's consultation on Regulatory Data Standards Development Reforms. ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/349\/Activity-Statements-2025-Service.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/policy\/proposed-regulatory-data-standards-development-reforms\/", "post_date": "2026-06-01 03:40:00" }, { "post_id": "348", "post_category_id": "8", "post_title": "Account to Account Vision Consultation", "post_content_short": "DSPANZ provided a submission to the Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet) consultation on the future vision for Australia’s account-to-account (A2A) payments ecosystem. Read about it here.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/348\/plsng.svg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/policy\/account-to-account-vision-consultation\/", "post_date": "2026-05-26 01:50:00" }, { "post_id": "347", "post_category_id": "25", "post_title": "2026-27 Australian Budget Breakdown for DSPs", "post_content_short": "DSPANZ has put together our analysis of the 2026-27 Federal Budget and highlighted the measures and initiatives with potential\nimpacts for DSPs.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/media\/website_posts\/347\/NZ-Budget.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.dspanz.org\/connect\/news\/2026-27-australian-budget-breakdown-for-dsps\/", "post_date": "2026-05-13 05:13:00" } ]