Former Innovation and Science Australia board member and tech industry veteran Daniel Petre has offered a withering assessment of the federal government’s strategic innovation planning and its commitment to...
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Labor’s planned $4 million national centre of excellence for artificial intelligence will be based in Melbourne, with the Opposition turning its attention towards using technology for social good. Labor...
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Labor will crack down on the skilled visa scheme if it wins the upcoming election, but has moved to reassure the tech sector that this will not impact efforts...
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Freshly-minted NSW customer service minister Victor Dominello will impose mandated digital designs and data architectures across government departments in order to standardise service delivery and data collection in all...
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Government’s failure to pass the Consumer Data Right legislation before the May election could lead to further delays to the rollout of the open banking scheme. When both houses...
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The most significant shift in the Victorian government’s IT infrastructure in more than a decade will be completed by the end of the year. State-owned ICT service enterprise Cenitex...
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The federal election campaign has officially kicked off, and it’s already clear that the tech sector will not feature in the prominent way it did during former PM Malcolm...
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The Opposition will make a major election pitch at human capital and skills to address looming technological change, the shadow treasurer flagged in his speech to the National Press...
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The David Thodey-led industry growth agency Jobs for NSW has been moved into a new Business and Economic Development Unit within the state’s Treasury portfolio, putting it at the...
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In a new study released by the OECD, CSIRO’s Data61 has been recognised as a “global blueprint” for digital and open innovation. The report on opportunities in digital innovation...
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The Whole-of-Government Hosting Strategy released last week is a much more substantial document than its slim 17 pages suggests. Indeed, it seems to flag some significant shifts in thinking...
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Itree has launched its secure inter-agency information sharing platform, Reach, following a 15-month pilot under the federal government’s embryonic Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII). The Wollongong-based firm, which...
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The departure of NEC Australia general manager Mike Barber means half of the tech company’s leadership team has left in the last year and a half, in the wake...
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The Digital Transformation Agency only used a small amount of its allocated funding to investigate the use of blockchain to deliver government services, and will not produce a roadmap...