Innovation is about change and new thinking. You would hardly know that from the recent AFR Innovation Summit, which featured speakers making the same well-known talking points, including the...
Policy
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The boss of Australia’s only “deep tech super incubator” has a simple message for the NSW government following the unveiling last week of plans for a new tech mega...
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Previously funded projects under the Commonwealth’s Rural R&D for Profit program get the chance at follow-on funding as part of round four of the grant program. The government has...
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The controversial government plan to force tech companies to help law enforcement access the encrypted messages of customers is a “huge overreach” that will undermine encryption as a whole,...
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The federal opposition is pushing for a wide-ranging senate inquiry into the My Health Record service, with civil and digital rights advocates saying there are still many issues despite...
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David Thodey hopes to attract federal infrastructure funding to the just-announced Technology and Innovation Precinct in Sydney, and says the ambitious project will include residential development and a broad...
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The vocal ‘anti-China’ forces in Australia that the federal government is now attempting to counter – somewhat awkwardly – continue to view the technology world through a very US...
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The NSW government continues to push hard with its digital service delivery agenda, announcing on Monday that its Service NSW cost of living service is now live. The cost...
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There are “significant” privacy, data security and transparency concerns surrounding the Victorian government’s sale of the land titles registry, a standing committee has found. The Environment and Planning Committee...
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Australian military veterans will be trained as cybersecurity experts in the Department of Human Services as part of a new government program. The federal government has partnered with employment...
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In the most significant speech of his political career, Angus Taylor has outlined a fundamental re-making of Australia’s cyber security strategy through the creation of a ‘cyber defence network’...
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The Federal government has made Deborah Anton the country’s first National Data Commissioner as the list of government data privacy challenges becomes ever lengthier and more fraught. The announcement...
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The government is set to unveil its digital economy strategy in the coming months, but delays in releasing the report have been slammed by the Opposition. The strategy had...
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The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) says the Queensland government’s decision to establish a Skills Working Group to help oversee traditional manufacturers’ transition into advanced manufacturers is a move...