The government’s new digital tender platform is experiencing teething issues during its first public use, forcing a delay to applications for suppliers on the cloud marketplace. It was announced...
Policy
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The government’s planned changes to the research and development tax incentive are “unsalvageable”, and more is needed to be done instead to ensure that IP developed in Australia remains...
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More than $7 billion will be spent to transform how Australia’s defence force operates in space, with a focus on improving sovereign capability. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday...
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If ever there was a time for Australia’s boardrooms to look around the table and assess their own digital skills and technology experience it is right now, Australian Institute...
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The government did not undertake any consultation on its planned $1.8 billion cut to the R&D tax incentive, with the reintroduction of the significant changes taking major stakeholders by...
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There is “no way” the government will switch to the Google and Apple model for digital contact tracing, with Government Services Minister Stuart Robert’s office labelling the tech giants’...
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There are growing calls from governments and the clinical profession to move toward a more individualised, patient-centric and value-based approach to health care. COVID-19 has highlighted the critical need...
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and software giant Atlassian will announce funding details for the massive Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct near Central train station on Thursday morning, including plans...
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The great English philosopher and satirist John Alexander Smith once addressed the entering class at Oxford with the advice that the sole purpose of an education is to be...
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The federal government’s highly controversial encryption laws have damaged the growth of Australia’s tech sector and could hamper the nation’s economic recovery, according to Atlassian. The Australian tech darling...
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A public hearing into the federal government’s controversial changes to the research and development tax incentive is set to be held next week, after the inquiry was delayed by...
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Australia’s new cybersecurity strategy was needed “yesterday”, with the government’s recent cyber warning stoke fear and uncertainty around the country, a number of industry experts have said. The Coalition...
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The government’s planned cuts to research and development will hamper Australia’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, while tax incentives for R&D should be paid out early, Labor leader...
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The response to COVID-19 is having a transformational effect on the use of digital technologies in Australia, the United States and many other parts of the world. But the...