Author: James Riley

Deloitte to deliver R&D tax incentive platform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A new platform for the delivery of the federal government’s research and development tax incentive will be launched next year, with consulting giant Deloitte landing a $1 million contract...

Privacy office calls for data sharing fix

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s privacy office has called for changes to legislation facilitating data-sharing agreements with other countries in order to protect the personal data of Australians. Australia Information and...

Massive win for the local tech industry

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The New South Wales government signed a whole of government purchasing arrangement with Vault Cloud on Tuesday, the first such arrangement with a home-grown sovereign technology provider by any...

Govt finally backs sovereign cloud capability

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Foreign cloud companies such as Amazon and Microsoft would be restricted from handling certain government data sets as part of a new government plan following concerns over the security...

DTA to build new visa processing platform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency has been handed responsibility for developing a new visa processing system after a botched attempt to contract this job to the private sector which cost...

NSW sets new tech procurement terms

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The NSW Government is expected to introduce minimum participation levels for local companies in large-scale public sector technology projects to ensure it gets maximum impact from its $1.6 billion...

Australia falls behind on R&D recovery

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia is “in danger of being left behind” as most other developed nations place R&D investment at the centre of their COVID-19 economic recoveries, UTS Innovation Council chair Professor...

Digital tender platform’s teething issues

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s new digital tender platform is experiencing teething issues during its first public use, forcing a delay to applications for suppliers on the cloud marketplace. It was announced...

Accelerating hypersonic research in Aust

Posted on   |  by Brent Balinski
Like quantum computing or fusion energy generation, for a long time hypersonics has jokingly been described as a technology of the future which will always be a technology of...