Author: Joseph Brookes

Administrators appointed at startup hub Fishburners

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Fishburners, the Sydney startup hub, has entered voluntary adminstration, with consulting giant KPMG taking over day-to-day management as it oversees a restructure. The firm was appointed by the Fishburners...

Uncertain future: NCRIS admin falls short, Audit Office finds

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Australia’s $5 billion shared research infrastructure program lacks strategic planning and assurance, the audit office has found, as the 20-year old scheme faces an uncertain future. Audit findings tabled...

Defence inks $17.5m Adobe software deal

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Defence will pay almost $6 million a year for access to Adobe’s design and collaboration software for the next three years, continuing a two-decade long relationship with the US...

Govt’s credential register has blocked 750,000 fraud attempts

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The government register introduced following one of Australia’s worst data breaches has now blocked more than 750,000 fraudulent identity verification requests and will be strengthened later this year with myGov integration....

AI could bust green tape backlog worth $278bn: CEDA

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Artificial intelligence and data sharing could speed up thousands of environmental approvals that have slowed Australia’s $278 billion construction pipeline, according to new research, leading to calls for a...

Heat on ‘off budget’ tool Labor used for NRF deals

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The Albanese government’s $15 billion industry fund should be independently assessed along with other so-called ‘off budget’ measures to ensure taxpayers can “genuinely” expect a return, the business lobby...

Audit office warns on Canberra’s technology blind spots

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The Auditor General on Wednesday said agencies still aren’t doing enough to control their IT environment despite risks “growing considerably” amid the uptake of AI and more sophisticated cyber...