Whatever the result of May’s federal election, Australia will have a new minister guiding the government’s digital transformation efforts, after Coalition MP Michael Keenan announced he will be quitting...
Policy
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
A coalition of major telco and tech associations has called for a series of significant changes to the government’s highly controversial encryption bill following the farcical events around its...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The federal government is looking to crack down on workers in the gig economy, with plans to force big tech companies to hand over worker data to ensure they...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The deadline to opt-out of the government’s highly controversial My Health Record is looming amid ongoing concerns surrounding the reliability and security of the data stored on the system....
Posted on
| by Aimee Chanthadavong
The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) will be forced to move out of its current tenancy at 241 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills when its contract lease agreement ends in April....
Posted on
| by Aimee Chanthadavong
With just under two months to go before New South Wales voters cast their ballot in the state’s March 23 election, the Labor Opposition has remained tight lipped on...
Posted on
| by James Riley
It has been a long time coming, but global cloud giant Amazon Web Services has been granted ‘Protected’ certification by the Australian Cyber Security Centre, making it easier for...
Posted on
| by James Riley
We are living in extraordinary times. The fact that Huawei Technologies’ founder Ren Zhengfei is suddenly hosting two-hour press conferences with international media clearly signals this. This was not...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
An innovation centre that has been operating for more than 25 years has shut its doors for good as things get tough for small consultancies operating in the tech...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The Opposition’s new “local projects, local jobs” procurement policy would help small Australian tech companies secure government contracts, shadow industry minister Kim Carr said. A slew of Labor shadow...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
A government inquiry into identity security is running more than two months behind schedule as the Coalition mulls a new iteration of the National Identity Security Strategy. The review...
Posted on
| by James Riley
Innovation and Science Australia has a new chairman after former IBM Australia managing director Andrew Stevens was quietly appointed to the role just before Christmas. Mr Stevens, who is...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The Australian game development sector hopes to drive part of the national debate in the lead up to this year’s federal election, seeking a new level of political support...
Posted on
| by David Havyatt
Kevin Rudd’s The PM Years is an interesting exercise in revisionism that has fuelled great interest in his assertion that Murdoch attacked the NBN for commercial reasons. Before we...