Author: Joseph Brookes

Encrypted messaging in govt exposes FOI, security risks

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Encrypted messaging apps are in widespread use by bureaucrats with little guidance on information governance, according to a first of its kind report that has raised doubts about legal...

US pulls funding for ANU research project

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The ANU has declined to reveal which of its research projects is about to lose US funding, amid a demand by the Trump administration for Australian researchers to declare...

Shadow treasurer takes aim at PsiQuantum bet

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Australia should not have invested almost $1 billion in a frontier quantum computing project, shadow treasurer Angus Taylor said on Wednesday while promising to roll back the Albanese government’s...

Women in tech an untapped $6.5bn opportunity

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More than 660,000 women could reskill into tech careers within months, according to new modelling that puts the economic windfall of a more diverse Australian tech sector at $6.5...

Experts shoot down Australia-wide electronic voting

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Widespread electronic voting is a “terrible idea” for Australia, security experts told an inquiry on Monday, amid calls for a national platform to standardise procedures and cut costs. The...

No time to wait: FinTechs call for RDTI change

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Small FinTechs are missing out on the government’s biggest and bluntest innovation incentive, exacerbating a funding crunch, the sector’s peak body has warned in its call for Budget moves....

PM steers innovation fund to metals manufacturing

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Almost half of the $1.7 billion Future Made in Australia Innovation Fund will be directed to manufacturing metals, the Prime Minister announced on Friday, just days after Australia was...