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$22m global green industry program opens

A new $22 million grant program for Australian and Austrian companies developing technologies that decarbonise hard-to-abate industries has opened to applicants. The Australia –...

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$65m biotech incubator names first 16 residents

A wearable “lab-on-a-chip” solution for hormone monitoring, a gum disease vaccine and technology for creating 3D models of human brain tissue are among the ideas that have piqued...

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Defence to spend $1bn a year on ICT

Defence will nearly double its planned investments in enterprise ICT compared to 2020, expecting to spend up to $1 billion annually after changes to its digital governance. Total...

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Govt eyes future ASCA expansion

The Albanese government has opened the door to expanding the remit of Defence's Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator to other national security agencies less than a year after...

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New local players cleared for sensitive government data

Two more Australian tech companies have been cleared to carry protected-level public sector data under the federal government’s Hosting Certification Framework, as an existing...

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Scale up govt innovation procurement to $100m, tech group says

The federal government must quadruple funding to its innovation procurement program and establish a public sector accelerator to bring down the walls around government contracts for...

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‘Select sourcing’ of EY for $10.7m Digital ID register

Consulting giant EY will be paid almost $1 million a month to build the regulatory technology underpinning Australia’s expanding digital identity system, after the big four firm...

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‘Hot air’: Former NSW govt tech exec calls out resellers

A former tech executive in New South Wales’ service delivery agency has spoken out about outdated procurement processes in government that have created an environment for resellers...