Facing rapidly escalating cyber threats, Australia’s cybersecurity landscape demands a decisive and strong response. The Australian Government’s 2023-2030 Cyber Security Strategy, while a big step forward, grossly underestimates the...
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Australia will “advance mutually beneficial cooperation” with Indonesia on the electric vehicle supply chain, including in battery manufacturing and critical minerals processing to lessen the current reliance on China....
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IBM’s whole of government agreement is approaching $1 billion less than a year after it was announced, with the Tax Office tacking on another $29 million for licences and...
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The New South Wales Digital Government minister on Wednesday said artificial intelligence, cyber, digital credentials and inclusion would be the core themes of a new digital strategy being prepared...
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Local cyber industry stakeholders have welcomed the focus on sovereign capability in the federal government’s 2023-2030 Cybersecurity Strategy, but there are differing views on the how effective the government’s...
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Adelaide-based firm QuantX Labs has landed a $750,000 contract with the Department of Defence to improve the security of its quantum position, navigation, and timing capability. The project aims...
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As a former Director of R&D for major multinationals in Australia and in Holland, and founder of a successful technology startup in Australia, I can claim a unique perspective...
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Our government isn’t delivering the digital capabilities that Australia needs to meet the challenges and opportunities of the digital age. In August 2023, the ATO’s troubled Modernising Business Registers...
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The federal government has adjusted its cyber aspirations from being the world’s best to being among the leaders, a recognition that several factors will be beyond Australia’s control in...
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The remaining $100 million in the NSW Digital Restart Fund will go to solutions specifically for housing supply, frontline service delivery, energy and the environment, accessibility and cyber, under...
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Amendments to the Online Safety Act are incoming, as government begins consultation on proposed reforms to the Basic Online Safety Expectations which include new measures related to child safety,...
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Pandemic fatigue, blunting our willingness to take-on a public health emergency, is real. So for all that we’ve endured through the extreme trials and tribulations of COVID-19 over the...
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The long-awaited report from the Parliamentary committee Inquiry into the Culture and Capability of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has landed. And it is steaming. After ten years...
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The state government is shutting down media access to its annual tech event, barring journalists from reporting on senior officials’ presentations about how technology is being deployed at some...