Author: Joseph Brookes

Gig guide: Sims’ step up, Senate President out early

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Australia’s competition czar has landed a top role with an international group of regulators where he will coordinate their approach to the digital economy and the government’s Senate president...

The information technology cost of closed borders

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The federal government outsourced more than $5 million of technology work to manage its international travel exemptions for one year, including large IT contracts where only a single provider...

Govt to standardise university commercialisation contracts

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The federal government intends to standardise intellectual property rights contracts between universities and businesses under a mandatory scheme for all federally funded research projects that engage in commercialisation. The...

Pawsey’s $48 million supercomputer ‘step change’

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The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Western Australia has unveiled the first stage of a $48 million public research supercomputer billed as the fastest in the Southern Hemisphere. Early adopter...

‘The most serious cybercrime threat’ in Australia

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Ransomware is the biggest cyber threat facing businesses today, the national cyber agency has warned, as new statistics show the digital extortion method is now reported more than once...

Gig Guide: CSIRO taps ANU dean for quantum step up

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The national science agency has added a local quantum expert to lead a major portfolio, Accenture has poached its rivals’ partners and Defence has picked the universities and contractors...