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Queensland passes mandatory data breach notice laws

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...

Data of 11,000 people stolen in NDIS breach

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...

The rise and rise of the AI co-pilot, as ‘Y2Q’ looms

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...

Education minister moves to end research grant veto powers

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...

Buckle up: The AI genie is out of the bottle

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...

Conroy talks up ‘huge opportunity’ of export control reforms

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...

All hail the ‘reinvention of manufacturing at nanoscale’

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...

Gallagher pulls back ‘naïve’ $344m GovERP project

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...

APSLabs could be the ultimate GovTech sandbox

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...