It is moonwalk month. On July 20, everybody except the moon landing truthers can celebrate 50 years since Aldrin said those immortal words to Armstrong, “After you, Neil…” *)...
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The whole of government sourcing arrangement signed between the Digital Transformation Agency and the global cloud giant Amazon Web Services raises serious questions about sovereignty in relation to the...
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Former NSW secretary to the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation Martin Hoffman has been tapped by the Commonwealth to develop a new plan for the way that government...
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It is more than twenty years since possible rules of behaviour in ‘cyberspace’ were first discussed at the United Nations, and it is now two-and-a-half years since Australia appointed...
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Australia is relatively open to cross-border data flows when compared to other G20 economies, but is limited by a number of restrictive measures, according to a new study commissioned...
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It has been said the 1800s were the Golden Age of scams. This is when the term “con man” rose to prominence, and according to the New York Times,...
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More than a year after the 457 visa program was scrapped by the federal government, a new research paper from the department of industry shows firms that used the...
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Following months of industry backlash, the Department of Home Affairs has acknowledged the perception of Australia’s anti-encryption laws has had “material impact” on the Australian market and the ability...
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There is a broad consensus across Australia’s tech industry that the country’s encryption laws have hurt the sector’s ability to export and innovate, according to submissions to a Parliamentary...
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The Queensland government, together with Powerlink Queensland and Energy Queensland, have jointly launched FibreCo Queensland to provide internet connectivity to regional Queensland at significantly lower prices. FibreCo Queensland will...
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The CSIRO’s specialist business unit Data61 celebrated its third birthday this week. It is worth noting the milestone. The organisation is structurally very different from its early days, and...
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The New South Wales government’s tech SME and startup program Pitch to Pilot has prompted some strangely mixed reviews. None of the companies interviewed by InnovationAus.com got any business...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) handed the long-awaited final report from its Digital Platforms Inquiry to the federal government over the weekend, but it is unclear of...
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The NSW Innovation and Productivity Council (IPC) released a first-time report on the economic impact that different businesses sizes have when measured against key indicators like numbers of jobs...