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Gig Guide: CSIRO appoints new cyber mission lead

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...

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Finance finds the limits of SAP

Capital costs for parliament’s expense management software have more than doubled from initial budget to $60 million, with officials on Wednesday acknowledging a gross...

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NSW govt looks to FinTechs in banking overhaul

Local FinTechs are being called up to help the New South Wales government introduce innovative payment methods as part of a major refresh of its transactional banking contracts. NSW...

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LEOSats could bridge First Nations digital divide

Low Earth orbit satellite technology should be trialled as a connectivity solution to address the digital divide experienced by regional First Nations communities, according to a...

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The new playbook for public sector cybersecurity

In the recent Verizon paper, Decoding a hacker's playbook in public sector cybersecurity, CTRL Group's co-founder and chief product officer, Bastien Treptel, joined Innovation...

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$330m to power forward emissions reduction tech

Nine heavy industry projects will share in $330 million worth of federal government grants to fund the use of clean energy and emissions reduction technologies. The grants,...

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Catastrophising the response to climate change and energy

The people who used to be at the forefront of climate change scepticism, having failed in that attempt, have found a new strategy: to catastrophise the response to the climate threat,...

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The Productivity Commission is well past its sell-by date

In 1653 Oliver Cromwell gave a speech dissolving the House of Parliament. He didn’t hold back. “Ye have grown intolerably odious to the whole nation” he thundered to the cowed...

Solar Sunshot subsidies to flow from 2026

Solar module manufacturers will start competing for their share of $1 billion in production subsidies within months, with funding expected to flow from mid-2026 to help meet a 10...