Author: Joseph Brookes

BCG tapped for $2.8m review of embattled submarine agency

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Consultants have been brought in to independently review the Australian Submarine Agency amid reports of dissatisfaction inside and outside the fledgling entity responsible for the AUKUS submarine program. InnovationAus.com...

Federal agencies go backwards on cybersecurity basics

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Federal agencies are going backwards on basic cybersecurity, with just 15 per cent of entities meeting a minimum level of overall maturity last year, and more than two-thirds failing...

NDIA procurement scandal referred to law enforcement

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The conduct of officials at the National Disability Insurance Agency has been referred to law enforcement agencies and regulators after a series of probes revealed secret meetings with ministers...

Tax Office sharpens crackdown on RDTI cheats

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A Sydney businessman and his firms have been ordered to pay more than $13 million in penalties for encouraging clients to lodge over-inflated, inaccurate or unsubstantiated claims for research...

Gambling, tobacco firms booted from R&D Tax Incentive

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Gambling and tobacco firms will be excluded from the Research and Development Tax Incentive from next year, after transparency data laid bare tens of millions of dollars in claims...

Meta to pay $50m over Cambridge Analytica data harvesting

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Meta will pay up to $50 million to users in Australia as part of its settlement with the privacy regulator over the tech giant’s Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal,...