Author: Justin Hendry

NSW downgrades cyber incident after Treasury data breach

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A “significant cyber incident” involving a senior NSW public servant who allegedly exfiltrated thousands of sensitive documents has been downgraded by the state government. NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey late...

Husic says innovation-regulation trade-off ‘just garbage’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Former industry minister Ed Husic has dismissed the idea that Australia must choose between encouraging AI innovation and regulating the highest-risk application of the technology as “just garbage”. In...

‘Lean Australian’ on AI purchases, Charlton urges business

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Assistant technology minister Andrew Charlton has called on the private sector to choose Australian AI solutions over foreign alternatives, warning that government policy alone cannot sustain the sector. In...

PsiQuantum’s grand plan for Brisbane remains just that

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
In April 2024, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and then-Queensland Premier Steven Miles stood beside PsiQuantum founders Jeremy O’Brien and Terry Rudolph to announce a $940 million public stake in...

How FSO became a national orchestrator for AI skills

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
Australia’s race to adopt artificial intelligence is no longer about awareness. It’s about capability – and closing the widening gap between those experimenting at speed and those struggling to get started.  That gap...

PsiQuantum yet to submit Brisbane site plans two years on

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
California-based startup PsiQuantum is yet to break ground in constructing its stadium-sized quantum computing facility at Brisbane Airport, two years after the federal and Queensland governments staked close to...

NSW hands Opal overhaul to Germany’s INIT in blow to Cubic

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
German technology company INIT has wrested the NSW government’s Opal contract from incumbent Cubic, winning a decade-long deal to overhaul and operate the transport ticketing system. NSW Premier Chris...