Australian police agencies are reportedly using a private, unaccountable facial recognition service that combines machine learning and wide-ranging data-gathering practices to identify members of the public from online photographs....
Policy
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Labor has accused the government of politicising the Cooperative Research Centres grants program after it was revealed the latest rounds’ recipients were selected late last year but are still...
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The federal government is on the hunt for a private company to provide it a 24/7 data platform allowing it to conduct searches to verify information about welfare recipients....
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The Industry department’s lack of an email subscription service has led to concerns over a lack of transparency and inability for the general public to access information and take...
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The Australian Signals Directorate’s fundamental restructure of government cybersecurity support infrastructure is a potential disaster for home-grown tech companies and a disaster for Australia’s sovereign capability. The devil will...
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At a time when global cyber security threats have never been more real, the Australian Signals Directorate has abandoned its Cloud Services Certification Program, until now the gold-standard for...
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The government has launched another inquiry into employee share schemes after its previously announced changes to the popular initiative stalled. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last month referred the issue of...
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A Senate committee has ordered the government to ditch its visa outsourcing plans, which has already cost $87 million before a bidder has even been selected. The Senate committee,...
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The Morrison government has named a 14-member advisory committee of digital experts made up of industry groups, multinationals and startups to guide the Prime Minister’s recently-established Digital Technology Taskforce....
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The ASX All Technology Index officially debuted this week to great acclaim as an important new indicator of the growing maturity of the local tech sector. The unintended consequence...
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The federal government needs to “rebalance” innovation policies to focus more on non-research and development activities, according to a new Innovation and Science Australia report. The report, which was...
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A Senate Committee has given the green light to the government’s plan to contribute $100 million of taxpayer money to a business growth fund following a “ridiculously short” inquiry....
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The local tech sector is booming and the launch on Friday of a new All Technology Index on the ASX would only increase global interest in the Australian tech...
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The NSW government will fund a National Space Industry Hub as an anchor tenant in its multi-billion-dollar Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct as part of the state’s new Space...