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The Gig Guide: Experts join data standards committee

The federal government has appointed a new 18-member advisory committee of data standards experts to advise on Australia's digital identity and Consumer Data Right schemes. The Data...

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$5.7m in feasibility grants for local quantum tech

More than a dozen quantum projects have received funding through the second round of the federal government's Critical Technologies Challenge Program (CTCP), part of a national push to...

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Britain boosts computing power in $2.1bn AI drive

Britain has set out its plan to invest 1 billion pounds (A$2.06 billion) in computing infrastructure to drive the development of artificial intelligence, which will increase its public...

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CBA accused of ‘shameful’ tech job offshoring

The Commonwealth Bank has refuted allegations it is offshoring Australian technology jobs to India as the finance union prepares a challenge in the Fair Work Commission that could set...

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Tech Central ‘must continue to grow’: Chanthivong

NSW innovation minister Anoulack Chanthivong says moving the popular Sydney Startup Hub to Tech Central will give startups new opportunities to scale ideas and build world-class...

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Key change to tighten govt’s popular AgTech grants

The federal government’s $53 million program to subsidise on farm connectivity technology like antennas and Wi-Fi extenders is set to flip its generous rebates from tech suppliers to...

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Digital ID, CDR and AI in the audit office’s crosshairs

The national audit office is mulling investigations into the Consumer Data Right, the digital identity scheme and the federal government’s oversight of new technologies, but an...

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Finance department wraps up PwC investigation

The federal government has completed its investigation into whether Big Four consulting giant PwC should be allowed to resume bidding for new Commonwealth work in the wake of the tax...