Author: Joseph Brookes

Platform giants face digital duty of care in Australia

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Tech giants like Meta and X face a European-style duty of care to proactively protect Australian users under an Albanese government plan that could produce legislation by the end...

Modest quantum grants arrive as govt outpaces private capital

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The first recipients of the Albanese government’s quantum challenge program have been unveiled, with 14 consortia sharing in $5.2 million to explore the technology’s potential for sectors like energy,...

Health agency ‘captured’ by Accenture looks to reset

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The lone technology supplier for the national health record system “captured” the government agency responsible for it in an arrangement that is taking years to unpick but could be...

Tech Council pushes national R&D investment target

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Lifting investment in technology adoption alongside a research and development drive will deliver a $167 billion productivity windfall, according to the Tech Council of Australia, which on Tuesday called...

Verifiable credentials: Shorten hunts for ‘fool’s gold’

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Australia’s largest bank and a medical centre have signed on to test Canberra’s verifiable credentials project, which is promising to harden the nation against cyber attacks and scams by...

Review of ‘rock bottom’ R&D waiting on govt sign-off

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A sweeping review of Australia’s faltering research and development system won’t be completed for at least a year, as government and overall R&D investment levels slump to record lows....

DISR restarts Entrepreneurs’ Program corruption inquiries

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The Industry department has reopened its investigation of a procurement scandal involving its defunct $484 million innovation program after the matter was passed back to it by federal police...