Author: Justin Hendry

Govt uses ‘secret’ EOI in search for quantum computer

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government has quietly approached a small number of local and foreign quantum computing firms for information about their offerings as part of an accelerated plan to acquire...

Federal digital proposals are failing at the Cabinet hurdle

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Less than a third of technology projects submitted for review by the federal government’s digital investment cop last financial year were closely enough aligned with Cabinet approved policies and...

Dominello to lead myGov advisory group

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new advisory group led by former NSW digital minister Victor Dominello has been established to “put the customer first” in future upgrades to the federal government digital services...

Govt launches review of catastrophic Optus outage

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will conduct a post-incident review of the nationwide Optus outage that left millions of Australians without mobile or broadband connectivity for more than 12 hours on...

NSW plots new trials for stalled digital ID

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Further pilots of New South Wales’ decentralised digital identity system are “imminent”, with the state’s government service delivery agency expected to undertake at least one trial before the end...

NSW govt set to restore first innovation grants

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Six months after turning off the tap to the startup community, the New South Wales government is set to restore the innovation grants program known as MVP Ventures, but...

Australia joins US-led push for military AI norms

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia has joined a global push for the responsible use of artificial intelligence in military operations, signing a declaration with 30 other countries that commits it to applying AI...

‘Pools of capability’ bridge research commercialisation gap

Posted on   |  by Nicole Bittar
‘Enabling the enablers’ in any thriving sector is a two-way street. Business leaders must continue to focus on industry-led commercialisation capability as a call to action for government support....