Author: Justin Hendry

AusPost kills off Digital iD as ‘market failure’ sets in

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Australia Post is pulling the plug on Digital iD, the first private sector digital identity service to receive federal government accreditation, as the postal giant doubles down on its core...

eSafety probes social media giants over cracks in teen ban

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Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has launched investigations into five social media platforms for suspected breaches of landmark laws designed to keep teens off their sites as it prepares to step...

AI tsars are a box-tick without tiger teams, Dominello says

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Embedding AI tsars across federal government agencies risks creating another layer of bureaucracy without the ‘tiger teams’ to make them effective, former NSW digital minister Victor Dominello says. “It’s...

Quantum leaders push to put tech to work in the economy

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With global investment accelerating and major economies positioning quantum as strategic infrastructure, the focus is shifting from scientific leadership toward industrial deployment — and where the resulting economic value...

‘Race to the top’: NSW puts data centres to work on energy

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NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says setting data centre principles are about creating a “race to the top”, where the power-hungry sector helps to address the state’s renewable energy challenges....

ACS cuts top brass in push for leaner organisation

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The Australian Computer Society has axed some of its most senior executives as part of a restructure, just weeks after appointing Prins Ralston as the chief executive of the...

SA elevates AI with new Cabinet-level ‘super-portfolio’

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South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has elevated artificial intelligence to a central plank of his economic agenda as part of a new “economic super portfolio” with a Cabinet-level minister....