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ACSC issues warning over Microsoft server software attack

Australian government agencies and businesses are being urged to review their networks for on-premise instances of Microsoft SharePoint Server after hackers exploited a major security flaw in the software....

Govt goes to market for new grant platform technology

The federal government has approached the market for a new SaaS-based platform to administer the $30 billion in Commonwealth grants deployed each year, replacing the troubled Grants Hubs. The...

The Gig Guide: Experts join data standards committee

The federal government has appointed a new 18-member advisory committee of data standards experts to advise on Australia’s digital identity and Consumer Data Right schemes. The Data Standards Advisory...

$5.7m in feasibility grants for local quantum tech

More than a dozen quantum projects have received funding through the second round of the federal government’s Critical Technologies Challenge Program (CTCP), part of a national push to translate...

Britain boosts computing power in $2.1bn AI drive

Britain has set out its plan to invest 1 billion pounds (A$2.06 billion) in computing infrastructure to drive the development of artificial intelligence, which will increase its public compute...

CBA accused of ‘shameful’ tech job offshoring

The Commonwealth Bank has refuted allegations it is offshoring Australian technology jobs to India as the finance union prepares a challenge in the Fair Work Commission that could set...

Farquhar, Mookhey secure invites to productivity roundtable

Tech Council chair Scott Farquhar has been invited to join business group leaders, policy experts and unionists at the federal government’s productivity roundtable, adding a greater tech lens to...

Contractor and consultant tracking switched on

The Department of Finance has launched a tool to track labour hire staff and management consultants across government, promising a new layer of integrity after a sprawl of temporary...

Tech Central ‘must continue to grow’: Chanthivong

NSW innovation minister Anoulack Chanthivong says moving the popular Sydney Startup Hub to Tech Central will give startups new opportunities to scale ideas and build world-class research links. In...

Key change to tighten govt’s popular AgTech grants

The federal government’s $53 million program to subsidise on farm connectivity technology like antennas and Wi-Fi extenders is set to flip its generous rebates from tech suppliers to primary...