The Federal Government has agreed to the creation of a new privacy code to apply to the Australian Public Service following a series of high-profile and embarrassing data debacles...
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The global cyber attack that hit more than 200,000 computers across 150 countries last weekend should serve as a wake-up call for the Australian businesses and government agencies that...
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The government’s new “data-driven profiling” method for drug testing welfare recipients risks running into the same issues as its robo-debt tool and poses a serious privacy risk, the Opposition...
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Katherine Woodthorpe is a remarkable chairman: First, she’s a woman and secondly she’s a scientist – both remain rare at the apex of Australian corporate life. A former CEO...
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You wouldn’t want to read too much into it, but Bill Shorten’s faux-feisty budget reply last night did nothing to paint a picture of how Labor would shape Australia’s...
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Federal budget nights really are an expectations game. No-one ever gets everything that they want, and sometimes we get things that we specifically don’t want. So really the only...
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The Federal government will slap a levy on employers of foreign workers coming into the country on the new Temporary Skill Shortage visa that’s expected to reap more than...
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The federal government has provided $15 million in funding for the creation of a “world-first analysis platform for satellite imagery”, which will assist with evidence-based decisions for the environment...
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The last three federal budgets have provided only meagre fare for the Aussie tech and innovation sectors. But tonight will be different. There will be meat on the bones...
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Universities play a key role in Australia’s innovation ecosystem and in improving its commercialisation efforts, according to Swinburne Innovation Precinct director Professor Sally McArthur. Virtually all Australian universities now...
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Potential changes to the R&D tax incentive would “devastate” the booming biotechnology industry in Australia, a new report has found. The Biotechnology Industry Position Survey 2017 found that the...
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Australia could see the formation of a cyber security alumni network that would bring the country’s best and brightest digital security brains into play to combat a national cyber...
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Cicada Innovations is the jewel in the crown of Australian incubators, but you won’t find it on most maps of the Aussie startup ecosystem. It is the most successful...
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The Turnbull government’s $230 million Cyber Security Strategy turns one this week and the industry scores a boost from a new Cyber Security Sector Competitiveness Plan launched today. The...