The Australian government has been urged to follow the footsteps of the UK and ditch its contact tracing app in favour of the model provided by Apple and Google,...
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The remarkable intervention of the Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday in the mainstream cybersecurity conversation certainly had its desired effect. Through the use of the Prime Ministerial megaphone,...
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There is not a day that passes where we do not read about a company or government agency having been hacked and had data stolen, or the organisation held...
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The federal government’s refusal to engage and support security researchers is putting Australian agencies and the general public at risk, according to Labor cybersecurity spokesman Tim Watts. While countries...
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The Australian government still plans to create a national biometrics database allowing authorities to conduct facial recognition matches, despite increasing worldwide scrutiny on the ethical implications and effectiveness of...
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Australia has become a founding member of a new global artificial intelligence partnership pledging to support responsible and human-centre technology. The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) will guide...
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The Deregulation Taskforce will be brought under the Prime Minister’s department as the government looks to “modernise” regulations to keep in touch with new technology, with an emphasis on...
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More needs to be done to help Australian SMEs improve their cybersecurity and digitisation, with the government’s handful of policies in the space so far proving underwhelming, the Labor...
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Australian policymakers should follow the UK government’s lead by investing in artificial intelligence and data science conversion courses for our top graduates as the fastest way to create a...
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Australian space sector startup Saber Astronautics has been given a $6 million grant via the government’s Space Infrastructure Fund to develop the national Mission Control Centre at the Lot...
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Talk of the technology-led economic recovery needs to be focused on how we can use technology to generate jobs, in their thousands. Perhaps with the right mix of policy...
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No useful information has been provided by COVIDSafe since it was launched more than six weeks ago, with health departments around the country having “limited opportunity” to utilise the...
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Labor has accused government of neglecting cybersecurity despite the heightened risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a number of high-profile hacks of large Australian companies, as the industry...
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IBM recently announced that it would no longer offer, develop or research facial recognition technology. This is big news and I believe a good decision and here’s why. According...