Author: Joseph Brookes

Tech and data part of Qld govt’s accountability problems

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Missing data sharing policies, a government digital strategy not publicly updated since 2017, and a damaging reliance on consultants have been highlighted in a damning review of accountability within...

NSW semiconductor bureau locked with unis, CSIRO

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A $6 million semiconductor bureau to be established in central Sydney will provide local companies with services and connections into the booming global market as part of a state...

Queensland moves on data breach notification scheme

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The Queensland state government is considering a mandatory data breach notification scheme among several privacy and information sharing reforms in the works. The scheme would force agencies to report...

Australia’s quantum leap just got real: Chief Scientist

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As quantum technologies promise to disrupt conventional computing and its underlying semiconductor industry, a Sydney company’s world first offers a chance for Australia to straddle the change while pushing...

We’ll fight to keep quantum ‘heroes’ here: Husic

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A small team of physicists in Sydney have been lauded as “national heroes” by new Science and Industry minister Ed Husic after they revealed a quantum computing breakthrough set...