More than 700,000 businesses across 240 designated ‘Business Fibre Zones’ nationwide will get access to free upgrades to gigabit fibre connections as part of a $700 million post-COVID economic...
Policy
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The federal government has finally unveiled draft legislation outlining a new data-sharing regime for public sector information, which would involve far more data being shared across agencies and to...
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Philanthropic organisations are able to mobilise capital and drive innovation to solve big, thorny problems in a way that governments cannot, according to Adrian Turner, the former CSIRO executive...
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It has been a pretty safe bet, anecdotally at least, to say that trust in government has increased since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Researchers at Curtain University...
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Australians are dynamic. But the dynamism of our people is not reflected in our economy. We rely too much on what we dig out of the ground and grow....
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The federal government is looking at using its procurement power to boost local industry and is examining the work of the New South Wales government’s new sovereign procurement taskforce...
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Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby recalls the one privacy principle he helped develop at the OECD in the late 1970s that was made redundant when Google emerged in...
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The current economic crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, has exposed the decay in Australia’s manufacturing capability and highlighted the need for increased investment in innovation. Innovation...
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The federal government has knocked back industry calls for mandatory cybersecurity guidelines for the Internet of Things, unveiling a voluntary code which manufacturers can choose to meet all, some...
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A funny thing happened in New South Wales last Friday. Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello unveiled the state’s first ever artificial intelligence strategy at an afternoon event in Sydney...
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Whether by chance or design, the ANAO’s recently released and snappily titled “Establishment and Use of ICT Related Procurement Panels and Arrangements” contains all the ingredients for an interesting...
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Federal Labor will bring a comprehensive, tech-focused policy package to the next election after the government’s “ad-hoc and knee jerked” approach to the sector across the better part of...
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The NSW government is aiming to boost R&D in the state via Parliamentary Secretary Gabrielle Upton’s new advisory council. But what’s the best way for the government to support...
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Australian Signals Directorate chief Rachel Noble says the spy agency’s cybersecurity focus and targeting of Australian citizens is nothing new. In the address at the Australian National University –...