Australian tech darling Atlassian is among the five private companies that helped the federal government build its COVID-19 contact tracing app. More than two million people have now downloaded...
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There have been a lot of fine people running around with their hair on fire yelling about sovereign capability holes in the manufacturing sector, specifically in relation to COVID...
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There are “big questions” to be answered over Amazon Web Services’ involvement with the federal government’s COVID-19 contact tracing app, especially around the company’s use of a China-owned data...
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The source code of the federal government’s contact tracing app will be made public within two weeks after more than 2 million Australians downloaded the service in just one...
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The federal government is working with Apple to improve functionality of its contact tracing app on iOS devices, with confusion over how effective it currently is on the Apple...
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Legislation paving the way for a data-sharing deal with the US “does not provide adequate safeguards to protect human rights”, according to an international coalition of tech groups that...
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The government has defended its decision to store data from the planned contact tracing app with Amazon Web Services, committing to pass new laws mandating that the information must...
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The federal government’s controversial plan to introduce a mandatory, consent-free public data sharing scheme has been put on hold due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, three years after it...
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The NSW Government has stumped up $100 million for the “Gig State” project to deliver new network infrastructure to boost internet capacity for regional communities and businesses. Led by...
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A privacy report on the government’s controversial contact tracing app will be released this week, with the app’s source code also to be made public and scrutinised as the...
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To have any chance of getting millions of Australians to use its COVID-19 contact tracing app the federal government will have to earn the trust of the public and...
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At the recent AFR banking and wealth conference, held as a virtual event during these unprecedented times, ACCC chairman Rod Sims reasserted a commitment to keeping the July 1...
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The Australian public can trust the government to build and run a contact tracing app that is secure and preserves privacy, a number of Coalition ministers have argued. After...
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The Opposition has not been consulted at all on the federal government’s plans for developing a COVID-19 contact tracing app, amid concerns it will “fail” unless privacy and protections...