Author: Justin Hendry

$30m Accenture contract to power dark money crackdown

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Consulting giant Accenture has landed a $30 million deal to build the platform that will be used by the electoral commission to expose political donations in near real-time across...

High-risk govt AI to be auto-flagged for review in NSW

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High-risk AI projects in New South Wales will be automatically flagged for external review under a redesigned AI Assessment Framework, replacing an existing process that leaves room for guesswork....

Victoria’s privacy watchdog probes mass school data breach

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Victoria’s privacy watchdog has launched a formal investigation into a major data breach potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of current and former public school students. The Office of the...

Sydney startup banks $6.1m for AI security platform

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A Sydney-founded startup developing a platform to catch and prevent security flaws in AI-generated code has raised $6.1 million in a seed round led by US investment firm Paladin...

Deal surge underway as NRF chases $1.5bn target

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Australia’s $15 billion sovereign investment fund is working through more than 50 investment proposals as it chases an ambitious investment target set by the federal government. The fund was...

Space sector eyes further investment growth after record year

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Global investment in space technology is poised to climb further in 2026, propelled by government spending on defence-linked satellite systems and private sector bets on launch capacity, investment firm...

Super funds, NRF rocket Gilmour Space to unicorn status

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Gold Coast rocket startup Gilmour Space has blasted through a $1 billion valuation after raising $217 million from an all-Australian group of investors led by the National Reconstruction Fund...

Defence tech firms win spots on counter-drone panel

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Defence has selected nearly two dozen local and overseas companies for a new counter-drone procurement panel to help protect military sites and installations from aerial attacks. Raytheon, SAAB, Anduril...