The South Australian government has flicked the switch on “ultra-fast” internet in Adelaide, making it “one of the most connected cities in the world”. The $7.6 million GigCity Adelaide...
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Digital Transformation Agency chief executive Gavin Slater has delivered his first public speech since taking on the vexed role three months ago, outlining his five key priorities for the...
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The credibility of Victoria’s government-owned funding vehicle LaunchVic has taken a huge hit in the wake of the 500 Startups scandal. Its response to revelations of 500 Startups co-founder...
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The US famously went from nowhere to the moon in ten years, so maybe Australia can get a space agency up and running in three times that time period....
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Pressure is mounting on the Victorian government to pull its funding support for 500 Startups as the global ramifications of a sexual harassment scandal continue to hit the trouble-plagued...
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Australian startups and other tech companies are returning to the centre of major cities in droves as office trends shift away from Silicon Valley-style campuses, according to a new...
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Ecommerce giant Alibaba is on the lookout for Australian and New Zealand startup talent and will host its first pitching competition in Sydney in September to find a pair...
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When Michael Pratt puts his feet under his new desk today – his first as Secretary of The Treasury in NSW – he brings to the role not just...
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The CSIRO’s involvement with the government’s drug testing of welfare recipients is still up in the air as new documents reveal the organisation has still not signed a contract...
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Retired US Navy Rear-Admiral Mike Brown has spent a lot of time grappling with Cyber as the fifth domain of warfare, and as a pioneer in developing only operational...
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Malcolm Turnbull’s multi-technology mix National Broadband Network (NBN) was comprehensively undermined last week when BT’s Openreach CEO Clive Selley indicated that 10 million UK premises could have Fibre to...
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Yet another IT failure at the Australian Taxation Office has given the Opposition more ammunition to attack the government’s much-maligned history of digital transformation. During peak tax return time,...
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The Digital Transformation Agency will recruit and place 250 new entry-level digital staff across federal departments and agencies over the next year as part of a drive to improve...
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An open data regime is “just the beginning” of the wave of disruption set to hit Australian banks and open up opportunities for smaller FinTech players, Australian Bankers’ Association...