Australia’s digital and data ministers have agreed to a national assurance framework for artificial intelligence that promises a consistent approach to the use of the technology across federal, state...
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Remember the optimism around the Open Banking revolution and Australia’s new digital data economy opportunity a few years back? It was enthusiastic but fleeting, having bubbled-up somewhere after the...
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Deloitte staff want a royal commission to investigate their toxic workplace, a “pyramid” business model, and a land and expand approach to government clients, a Senate committee heard on...
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The Department of Finance on Friday revealed it had received only 20 formal assurances from 236 consulting firms saying that they will not misuse the rates of competitors that...
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Government Services minister Bill Shorten has credited an incubator-style development process for the swift arrival of digital statutory declarations on myGov, an approach he believes offers a way forward...
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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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A new procurement panel for AI-enabled research performance data and analytical services will be accessible to all government agencies as a part of the Australian Research Council’s reform of...
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Online safety standards designed to force tech giants to scan cloud storage for illegal and harmful content in Australia set a “dangerous global precedent” that could undermine security protections...
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Governments must look beyond grant funding to procure cutting edge technology themselves to grow the quantum sector, according to renowned British physicist and professor Sir Peter Knight. Professor Knight,...
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Early-stage venture capital firms have come out in force against proposed changes to the “sophisticated” investor thresholds, with more than 20 late submissions to a federal government review accepted...
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Queensland rocket company Gilmour Space Technologies has landed its largest ever Defence contract, inking a $17.6 million deal to provide the Air Force with launch engineering services and R&D...
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BCG and the other ‘Big 7’ consultancies held an unusual Zoom meeting earlier this month to help prepare their business lobby group’s evidence to the Parliament, which is placing...
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Queensland’s new battery industry strategy will be backed by $210 million in new support programs as the state government looks to develop a diversified local supply chain to support...
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The government will begin drafting a co-investment plan for $1 billion in support for critical technologies this week, with Industry minister Ed Husic pledging to “weave” the local quantum...