After completing a nationwide briefing tour and developing its initial signals to industry, the head of Defence’s new $3.4 billion accelerator is ready to get to work with local...
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Queensland has become only the second state to legislate a mandatory data breach notification scheme for public sector entities, as an almost identical scheme comes into effect in New...
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The records of 11,000 National Disability Insurance Scheme participants and other related parties have been compromised in a data heist from inside the National Disability Insurance Agency. A Sydney-based...
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Over a week in late November, the Australian Information Industry Association led an trade delegation to the United States made up of digital businesses and senior government representatives. The...
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The competition regulator is using a limited tender to build a critical platform behind the government’s digital ID scheme, inviting only a handful of companies and refusing to say...
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Legislation to remove the Education minister’s power to veto Australian Research Council grants has been introduced to Parliament, as the federal government works to implement other recommendations made in...
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We have largely been taken by surprise by the tremendous advances in capability of the latest Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI. Across domains from music and art...
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New data centre facilities servicing the federal government will be expected to have a top energy rating by mid-2025, as part of the Australian Public Service net-zero by 2030...
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An Opposition bill that would force the government to trial age assurance technology to protect children from online pornography would also require it to be piloted for online gambling,...
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Defence Industry minister Pat Conroy has dismissed concerns surrounding proposed reforms to the Defence Control Act, describing the changes as “a huge opportunity for Australian Industry”. The proposed Defence...
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Nanotechnology continues to take great strides in frontier scientific research. Advances in photonics, optoelectronics, nanomaterials and intelligent image recognition have increased the application value to advanced information and communication...
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The federal government has abandoned its massive enterprise resource planning system consolidation project known as GovERP in favour of a new approach that promises greater autonomy for agencies. The...
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The Australian government serves every individual and business that interacts with Australian laws and regulations. It is a massive and intricate conglomerate, encompassing diverse organisations with a multitude of...
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Influential industry group Science and Technology Australia will have completely new leadership next year, with Professor Sharath Sriram on Tuesday taking the reigns as president as the search for...