Author: Joseph Brookes

Southern Launch gets second site licence

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Adelaide space tech Southern Launch has been granted a second launch site licence from the Commonwealth for a facility 680km west of the capital. The approval allows the company...

Gig Guide: Military mandarins in APS reshuffle

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Scott Morrison has promoted three public servants with defence backgrounds to lead key agencies for the next five years, including Kathryn Campbell, the former major-general in the Australian Army...

Govt digital ID system a ‘house of cards’

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The federal government’s push for an economy wide digital identity system will leave it on the “wrong side of history”, an identity and data protection expert has warned, as...

Australian governments to share data by default

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The Commonwealth and all state and territory governments have agreed to share data across jurisdictions as a “default position” when it can be done safely, paving the way for...

ASPI ‘soft target’ warning on ransomware

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Ransomware attacks will only get worse for Australia without strategic domestic efforts to thwart it, according to a new report which warns a “policy vacuum” has made the nation...

Koala count: NSW offers up new challenge

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The New South Wales government is seeking the help of local SMEs and researchers to count its vulnerable Koala population, with a new innovation challenge offering grants up to...

US cyber expert backs ransomware notice scheme

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A renowned US cybersecurity expert has put weight behind calls for a mandatory ransomware payment notification scheme in Australia and said Australia’s election administration system should be considered critical...

$800m MMI grants program open to rorts: Labor

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Labor industry spokesman Ed Husic has written to Scott Morrison urging him to commit to following the advice of the department in disbursing an $800 million manufacturing grant program,...