Author: Justin Hendry

Innovation is the key to NBN Co’s future

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The future of telecommunications in Australia has become linked to the success or failure of NBN Co, the government business enterprise that is responsible for connecting premises to the...

AUKUS closes gap on China’s critical tech lead

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
AUKUS puts the collective research might of the three allies ahead of China in critical technologies like robotics and quantum sensing, and closes the gap in others, new research...

CSIRO, fund manager partner on responsible AI framework

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
National science agency CSIRO and fund manager Alphinity have teamed up to develop a framework for companies to assess artificial intelligence investment decisions from an ESG standpoint. The framework,...

Govt mum on $15bn NRF investment return

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government remains tight lipped on the target rate of return for its $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund, despite an interim figure surfacing ahead of the introduction of...

No, AI probably won’t kill us all

Posted on   |  by Michael Timothy Bennett
Doomsaying is an old occupation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex subject. It’s easy to fear what you don’t understand. These three truths go some way towards explaining the...

Fighting critical infrastructure threats as a community

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
The cybersecurity resilience of Australia’s critical infrastructure operators is now a mainstream issue. Significant cyber attacks on Optus, Medibank and Latitude Financial in the last year have shown just...

NSW govt’s use of consultants to be scrutinised

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A parliamentary inquiry will scrutinise the heavy reliance on consultants by the New South Wales government in the wake of the PwC tax leaks scandal engulfing the Commonwealth. The...

Online safety tsar rejects two industry codes

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has rejected two of the eight online safety codes developed by local tech industry associations for failing to provide “appropriate community safeguards” and...