Some of Australia’s largest institutions have called on the federal government to improve threat intelligence data-sharing to combat nation-state cyber attacks. Multiple submissions from big four banks and Australia’s...
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The federal government needs to better coordinate its “bewildering matrix” of cybersecurity policy and responsibilities and appoint a dedicated minister, a number of submissions on the 2020 Cyber Security...
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The push for more effective policies that support the needs of startups must centre on the job creation potential of these high-growth tech companies, StartupAus chief executive Alex McCauley...
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Australian boardrooms have not recognised the “urgent need to prioritise innovation” and were lagging the rest of the world in coming to grips with disruption, a new report has...
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The federal government’s proposed Medicare data-matching scheme is too broad and would bring with it a range of privacy risks, according to the NSW Council for Civil Liberties. The...
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The government’s proposed Medicare data-sharing scheme will put the privacy of all Australians at “serious risk”, a data privacy expert has said. The Coalition unveiled draft legislation for the...
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The launch of a new fast-tracked visa marks a new era for skilled migration, with the federal government actively seeking tech talent from around the world to live and...
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The senate’s backing of a motion calling on the federal government to make its controversial encryption powers compliant with a US data-sharing law has been branded “disingenuous” and “worrying”...
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The federal government is looking to launch a new cloud services marketplace next year to help agencies more efficiently purchase cloud-based technology from SMEs. The Digital Transformation Agency has...
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There has been a tectonic shift in the $200 billion global film industry and it is not being talked about. Digitisation has created three waves of transformational change for...
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Four years after it was unveiled as part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda, the CSIRO is preparing to shutter its $20 million entrepreneur-focused science accelerator program known...
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The federal government has begun negotiating a new data-sharing agreement with the US, amid concerns about whether the recently passed encryption laws will jeopardise these talks, and the impact...
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The Australian government has ramped up its fight against the big global tech companies and the various encryption services the offer as part of a push to pressure Facebook...
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A prominent US national security whistleblower who had his speech at a government-sponsored cybersecurity conference in Melbourne cancelled – along with the speech of an Australian academic – says...