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Clare O’Neil on the big picture for tech

Federal Labor will bring a comprehensive, tech-focused policy package to the next election after the government’s “ad-hoc and knee jerked” approach to the sector across the better part of...

BCG gets another $300k pay rise from DTA

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency has handed Boston Consulting Group a further $300,000 for six weeks’ work on helping design government tech investment policy and governance. The global consultancy firm...

Email scam spree on the back of COVID

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The 30 per cent increase in business email compromise attacks that has occurred during COVID is not a surprise given that malicious cyber activity thrives during periods of uncertainty...

NSW eyes Israeli ecosystem to build on local R&D

Posted on   |  by Liam Tung
The NSW government is aiming to boost R&D in the state via Parliamentary Secretary Gabrielle Upton’s new advisory council. But what’s the best way for the government to support...

Domestic spying needs probity and constraint

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian Signals Directorate chief Rachel Noble says the spy agency’s cybersecurity focus and targeting of Australian citizens is nothing new. In the address at the Australian National University –...

Coding skills, a vocational gift beyond STEM

Posted on   |  by Simon Tyrrell
Australia will likely still fall short of meeting its near-term tech skills needs with its conservative approach to STEM and vocational education. Longer-term, this approach threatens to saddle graduates...

ANU’s shoddy treatment of academic freedom

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian National University has denied it was pressured by Boston Consulting Group to remove an academic from a panel discussion on the COVIDSafe app in an incident that...

Facebook threat to ban news content in Aust

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
After initially staying out of the fray and letting Google go on the offensive, social giant Facebook has now gone nuclear over the government plan to force it into...

Gilmour Space: New capital raise this year

Posted on   |  by Liam Tung
Gilmour Space Technologies, the Australian rocket startup gunning for business from SpaceX and its Starlink satellite broadband constellation, will soon begin the search for more venture capital ahead of...

Labor calls for strategic tech industry policy

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government must develop a strategic technology industry policy to align R&D, procurement, defence spending and policies, according to shadow assistant minister for cybersecurity Tim Watts. Speaking in...