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DTA readies new cloud marketplace

The federal government is looking to launch a new cloud services marketplace next year to help agencies more efficiently purchase cloud-based technology from SMEs. The Digital Transformation Agency has...

OAIC consults on CDR privacy rules

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has begun consulting on the privacy rules surrounding the government’s controversial Consumer Data Right, with plans to reach out to FinTechs and...

Encryption review is further delayed

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A major review into the government’s controversial new encryption powers has been pushed back by nearly six months after the independent security monitor asked for more time to look...

Hoffman, Glenn King on the move

Posted on   |  by James Riley
On a big day of movements at the digital transformation end of the public sector in Australia, NSW Customer Service secretary Glenn King has left the public service, while...

TechCentral plan finally unveiled

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The NSW Government is seeking feedback on its proposed 24-hectare Central Precinct development, and for the first time has made public its rezoning and development plans for what would become...

Anti-cancer team wins PM’s prize

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A team from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research has taken the top innovation gong at the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science for its role in...

Data risk in visa privatisation

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s controversial plan to privatise parts of the visa processing system would lead to greater data security risks and could adversely impact the nation’s inflows of skilled...

Innovation patents are officially dead

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s controversial plan to abolish innovation patents has been approved by Parliament, in a move branded “very disappointing” and “ridiculous” by the nation’s peak IP body. Innovation patents...

Face recognition hearing cancelled

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A public hearing into the federal government’s highly controversial facial recognition database plans has been cancelled at the last minute. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS)...

Dutton pledge to ‘call out’ China

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian government has a “right to call out” China on cybersecurity attacks and intellectual property theft, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has said. Mr Dutton launched a scathing...