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Fallout from digital sovereign risk grows for multinationals

Fallout from technology-related risk will be experienced by around 30 per cent of multinationals by 2025, as countries increasingly adopt sovereign digital strategies in response to rising geopolitical tension....

Innovation ‘catalyst’ GEC arrives in Melbourne this month

The pandemic and other global challenges like climate change have “increased the need for more innovative solutions at a faster pace,” according to GHD Digital president Kumar Parakala.  ...

First transaction between eConveyancers lands

Australian ministers have welcomed the first transaction between eConveyancing service providers, which paves the way for greater competition and full compatibility between their networks by the end of 2025....

Govt to ban one-to-many face matching by police

Authorities will be banned from using facial recognition capabilities operated by the federal government to conduct one-to-many identity matches under re-drafted legislation first proposed more than four years ago....

NACC referral for Stuart Robert and lobby-linked tech procurements

Alleged procurement conflicts of interest between former government services and NDIS minister Stuart Robert and a consulting firm co-owned by a “longtime friend, business partner and political fundraiser” have...

Gen AI prompts DTA rethink of govt websites

The rise of generative artificial intelligence has created a new sense of urgency for the federal government to review the uniformity of its countless official websites, according to the...

ServicesAus chief executive Rebecca Skinner retires

Services Australia chief executive Rebecca Skinner, who oversaw the delivery agency through a tumultuous period of Covid, the robotdebt recovery, and the upgrade of the myGov portal, will retire...

O’Neil backs mandatory cybersecurity standards for IoT devices

The Quad security partners are being urged to consider consistent mandatory cybersecurity labelling for internet-of-things devices by Home Affairs and Cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neil. Ms O’Neil lamented that ‘safety-by-design’...

Adelaide 3D metal-printing firm deepens ties with US Navy

Adelaide-based additive manufacturer AML3D has secured a contract extension on its alloy testing program for use in the United States Navy’s submarine program. The ASX-listed firm uses a patented...

Meet the finalists for our Translation Hero Award

With the CSIRO sponsoring the Translation Hero Award in the InnovationAus 2023 Awards for Excellence, the entry pool fittingly attracted competition of the highest calibre in scientific and technological...