Author: Justin Hendry

Firmus secures $14bn war chest for AI factories

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Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus has finalised a $14 billion debt funding package led by global private equity firm Blackstone and Coatue Management, a New York-based technology investor. Firmus...

Qld govt scrambles to fix botched child safety IT system

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Queensland government will mobilise a 120-strong team of public servants to fix its botched child safety IT system after an independent audit revealed critical functionality was stripped out...

New ACS president Beau Tydd sets out tech sector agenda

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
With investment in Australian digital infrastructure and skills soaring, the nation’s peak professional body for technology practitioners is entering a period of internal reform and outward ambition.  Newly appointed...

Queensland launches innovation strategy refresh ahead of Olympics

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Queensland government has started work on a new statewide science and innovation strategy, kicking off public consultation on a plan centered around capability, connections and commercialisation. The two-month...

Canberra ignores locals to build its $5bn Big Tech fast lane

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
When the Digital Transformation Agency commissioned a review of its procurement arrangements with some of the federal government’s largest vendors last year, local tech companies hoped for a fair...

Govt review clears path for tech mega-deals to continue

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A series of massive deals negotiated with select tech giants remain a “vital” bargaining chip for the government, which it claims net $1.6 billion in savings for agencies over...