The devastating bushfires along the south east coastline have destroyed telecommunications infrastructure across a wide area and it may take several months before basic telecommunication services are functioning. NBN...
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A significant review of the Privacy Act is “long overdue” but may be already out of date by the time it is finally completed in 2021, according to senior...
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A non-binding statement of intent and cooperation doesn’t sound like it would carry much weight. But when it’s a small Queensland rocket startup seeking customers for its first commercial...
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The federal government will spend $9 million conducting a public awareness campaign on the safety of 5G technology in order to combat the spread of misinformation on social media....
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The Life Sciences industry in Australia will be hit disproportionately hard by proposed changes to the R&D Tax Incentive, putting smaller companies at risk and threatening the sector’s ability...
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The Opposition has a voiced concerns with the government’s reintroduced legislation that shaves $1.8 billion from the research and development tax incentive, setting up a potential fight in Parliament...
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Australia should be a global leader in artificial intelligence ethics and human rights, with the consequences of even just one slip-up being “immense”, according to chief scientist Dr Alan...
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The government’s plan to shave $1.8 billion from the Research and Development Tax Incentive is “ludicrous” and shows “very little thinking” has been done since its original plan was...
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The machinery of government changes announced by Scott Morrison on Friday does nothing to boost the profile of innovation policy within his government and more likely will have the...
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Labor’s proposed amendments to the highly contentious encryption legislation were a welcome step in the right direction, but “tinkering at the edges” won’t fix the underlying issues with the...
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Services Australia will be up and running as an executive agency rather than a department from February next year, and the Department of Communications has been rolled in with...
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Cultural change that enables a better understanding and acceptance of strategic risk in Australia among everyone from board directors to employees, students, researchers and policymakers remains an elusive key...
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Australian startups have been “collateral damage” in the global backlash against Big Tech, with some urgent reforms needed to support the sector, according to the Crossroads 2020 report. The...
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The Coalition will move towards a whole-of-government technology architecture and more “agile” funding models for IT projects as part of what it calls a ‘revolutionary’ new Services Australia department,...