The Australian Digital Health Agency has confirmed Danielle Pentony as its permanent chief information security officer after a year-long acting arrangement. Ms Pentony began acting as CISO in May...
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Education department secretary Tony Cook will chair a new committee set up to support the implementation of reforms recommended from the Universities Accord. Announced alongside the federal Budget on...
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Australia’s new Information Commissioner will be Elizabeth Tydd when incumbent Angelene Falk departs in mid-August. Ms Tydd is currently serving as the Freedom of Information (FOI) Commissioner, having only...
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ServiceNow’s Australia and New Zealand business will soon be led by Barry Dietrich, who has left his regional leadership roles at Salesforce to join the enterprise software company. Mr...
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CSIRO’s new Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Mission lead is Dr Marthie Grobler, who previously held the role of deputy mission lead. The Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Mission,...
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CSIRO has appointed Kirsten Rose as deputy chief executive, around six months since her short stint as acting chief executive. Ms Rose has more than 25 years of senior...
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The former head of Defence Space Command, Air Vice-Marshall Cath Roberts, has joined the advisory board of Defence SA and the board of the Andy Thomas Space Foundation. Originally...
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Defence’s ambitious industry and research accelerator has brought in outside expert advisors, while ANU’s inaugural security chief returns to research and the founder of AUCloud heads home. The Advanced...
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Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Elaine Stead has joined CSIRO-seeded Main Sequence Ventures’ investment team, concluding her time leading Human Venture Capital. Ms Stead has 20 years’ experience working across...
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The new chief executive of Defence SA, the state government’s defence industry agency, is long-time director of defence and space at the University of South Australia, Matt Opie. The...
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Former Science and Technology Australia president Mark Hutchinson is the new interim director of the University of Adelaide Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS). Mr Hutchinson, who left the...
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New South Wales’ new Information Commissioner and chief executive of the Information and Privacy Commission is Rachel McCallum, who moves over from her role at the NSW Electoral Commission....
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The new Victorian Information Commissioner is lawyer Sean Morrison, who brings senior experience from across the state public sector. Mr Morrison moves from his role as Special Investigator for...
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The Australian National University’s new deputy vice-chancellor (research and innovation) is Professor Lachlan Blackhall, who is the current head of its battery storage and grid integration program. Professor Blackhall...