Author: Joseph Brookes

Science entrepreneur Mark Hutchinson named STA president

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The peak scientist group has appointed South Australian biomedicine researcher Professor Mark Hutchinson as its new president, replacing outgoing Professor Jeremy Brownlie. The new president is a science entrepreneur...

DTA chief touts new era of cross-jurisdiction influence

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The Digital Transformation Agency has entered its third iteration, according to its newest boss, and will focus on data and cross-jurisdiction services after being stripped of its technology and...

Banks get CDR privacy ‘bedrock’ tick from regulator

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Australia’s privacy watchdog found no areas of high privacy risk in an assessment of the Big Four banks’ Consumer Data Right policies and practices but did identify at least...

Digitising NSW elections would be ‘easy’: Dominello

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The New South Wales government will look at digitising state elections, with its Minister for Digital Victor Dominello describing the switch to online voting as “easy”, despite experts warning...

Nearly no detail on McKinsey, BCG ‘research papers’ contracts

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The minister responsible for government technology has declined to provide almost any detail on lucrative contracts awarded by his Digital Transformation Agency to global consultancies McKinsey and Boston Consulting...

Australian tech leaders to run Sydney innovation precincts

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The Tech Central and Westmead Health and Innovation Districts have new leaders, with the Greater Sydney Commission announcing Annie Parker and Liza Noonan as respective executive directors of the...

Marise Payne outlines nation’s ‘red lines’ on tech

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Dangerous disinformation and “arbitrary incursions on liberties” are the technology red lines that Australia won’t allow to be crossed, according to Foreign Affairs minister Marise Payne. On Friday she...