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NT solar export project gets major boost

Australia’s largest renewable energy infrastructure project has been granted major project status with big plans to power the Northern Territory and Southeast Asia, with the potential to inject billions...

Citizen experience, policy agility and data

Posted on   |  by Matt Kain and Jayant Sharma
Every one of us now expects excellent customer service wherever we go – be it at our local supermarket, on a banking app or when buying something online. Personalised...

Call for next Superstars of STEM cohort

Posted on   |  by Elise McDonald
Industry Minister Karen Andrews has launched a nationwide search for the next 60 Superstars of STEM; brilliant women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who are willing to become...

COVIDSafe app has ‘failed’ Victoria: Watts

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s much-hyped COVIDSafe contact tracing app has “failed” Victoria and changes are needed urgently to ensure it works effectively in other states, according to the Opposition. While...

First ventilators arrive in national stockpile

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is a grim happenstance that the first locally made ventilators produced by a consortium of manufacturing and MedTech firms were delivered to the National Medical Stockpile just as...

The changing state and digital transformation

Posted on   |  by Martin Stewart-Weeks and Simon Cooper
A year ago, we published a book which asked, in relation to the digital transformation of government and the public sector, Are we there yet? Twelve turbulent and disruptive...

Nick Kaldas joins the encryption game

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Former NSW Police deputy commissioner and United Nations investigator Nick Kaldas has joined the cybersecurity sector, appointed to the Asia Pacific managing director role at San Francisco-based Secured Communications....

Govt code forces tech giants to pay for news

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Google and Facebook will face forced arbitration and a $10 million fine if they fail to reach an agreement on revenue-sharing with media companies within three months, under a...

Data: Strict new rules in Europe will impact Aust

Posted on   |  by Normann Witzleb
A big year for privacy just got bigger. On July 16, Europe’s top court ruled on the legality of two mechanisms for cross-border transfers of personal data. The Court of Justice...

Open banking’s majestically slow start

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s Consumer Data Right scheme has received a further $20 million after the opening banking regime’s slow start this month, with only one FinTech signed up as a data...