Author: Justin Hendry

Turnbull-era tech procurement reforms bearing fruit

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Procurement reforms that capped tech contracts at $100 million broke the stranglehold of big conglomerates and large multinationals in Canberra and opened the door to smaller Australian companies securing...

EY’s ATO analytics work bill almost doubles to $85m

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Ernst & Young will be paid $3.3 million per month over the next year to continue its data and analytics work at the Australian Taxation Office, with the lucrative...

NSW Parliament launches inquiry into AI

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A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry has been created to examine the use of artificial intelligence in the state, with senior members of the government and opposition increasingly concerned...

Defence finds its new tech chief at Orica

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The Department of Defence has looked to Singapore for a new executive to oversee its extensive technology estate and multibillion-dollar SAP upgrade, hiring explosive makers Orica’s tech exec Chris...

$392m Industry Growth Program opens for consultation

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The Albanese government has opened the consultation process on its $392 million Industry Growth Program, a new early-stage commercialisation initiative to bridge the ‘valley of death’ facing young SMEs working...

Rising cyber breaches demand urgent board leadership

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With 76,000 cyber crimes last year, roughly one incident every 7 minutes, Australian boards are struggling to address the social impacts of organisational security breaches in the face of...

Ministers set national digital ID principles

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Biometrically anchored digital identity credentials that work across state boundaries are set to become the norm in Australia after all governments agreed to take a nationally consistent approach to...

NSW ‘Landing Pad’ targets foreign tech companies

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New South Wales will get its first International Landing Pad before the end of the year, with the Minns government seeking to use it to attract new technology businesses...