The facial recognition and geo-location technology being used in home quarantine trials lacks robust privacy protections, digital rights groups have told state and federal health ministers, warning the data...
The federal government will introduce tougher penalties for ransomware criminals and a mandatory incident reporting scheme for large businesses that suffer an attack under a new ransomware action plan...
The Australian-made rover expected to land on the moon later this decade should get there on an Australian-made rocket, according to a local space company which says it could...
A government-led Senate committee has shot down a bill which would have outlawed the use of credit cards for online betting in Australia, claiming the proposal would limit choice...
Australian scientists have reported they are overworked and underpaid in a large annual survey of the local sector which shows fatigue climbing and morale dropping as job losses and...
After more than two decades of building its research infrastructure and an entrepreneur base, Queensland’s next innovation strategy will focus on developing and transforming entire industries by building up...
ABC news and investigations boss Gaven Morris has announced he will leave the national broadcaster when his contract expires, while the Reserve Bank of Australia’s long time technology lead...
The world’s biggest cloud company Amazon Web Services has been certified under the federal government’s data sovereignty scheme despite its links to a controversial Chinese-owned data centre and the...
The Queensland government is preparing a 10-year innovation plan based on research it commissioned that predicts the state could create 80,000 new jobs and add $11 billion to the...
Australia’s peak science group has called for the use of “industry brokers” at national research facilities and repeated its push for a dedicated research translation fund to incentivise domestic...