National guidance to help public servants make ethical decisions when collecting, using and sharing public data will be developed by the federal government in a bid to tackle the...
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Australian businesses are leaving most of the cloud services they signed on for with hyperscale providers unused, putting them in weaker renegotiating positions or forcing them to ratchet up...
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At this time of the year, many leaders will have one eye on a strong finish and the other on the opportunity for a reset January brings. ‘Tis the...
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The Albanese government has withheld funding details for the country’s first-ever quantum strategy due to “commercial sensitivities”, fueling speculation that it is in the market for a quantum computer....
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The federal government on Wednesday revealed a $103 million cut to university research programs to help fund reforms across the wider sector, angering research groups already dealing with record-low...
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Deep tech startups consider strategic partnerships with universities or other research institutions a growth tool almost as important as access to funding, according to a new report by Cicada...
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The Research and Development Tax Incentive is expected to cost an additional $2.1 billion over the next four years in part due to growing artificial intelligence claims, according to...
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Laws are only as good as the ability to enforce them, and in 2023 technology policy was accompanied by concerns with our regulators and their various roles and abilities...
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More than $10 million has been set aside to introduce a consistent legal framework for automated decision-making across government and to bring back an administrative decisions watchdog abolished by...
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Governments around the world can use existing laws and regulators to proactively address many of the privacy and data risks associated with new technologies such as generative artificial intelligence,...
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myGovID, the federal government’s digital identity credential, will be rebranded after an audit of myGov found it was confusing for users and difficult to differentiate from the flagship digital...
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A “viable” local alternative to the failed Pegasystems platform that was intended to replace a 40-year-old mainframe rules engine used to calculate welfare payments was discovered by Services Australia...
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Agricultural methane and plastic waste reduction technologies are the focus of the newest cooperative research centres following the completion of Round 24 of the popular federal government research grant...
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Four university-private sector quantum research initiatives have been funded through the CSIRO’s $3.6 million Next Generation Quantum Graduates Program, effectively delivering on an Albanese government election commitment. Overall, the...