De-identified My Health Record data is yet to be shared with researchers and public health experts almost five years after the former federal government revealed controversial plans to source...
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Australia’s universities have backed legislation to introduce the government’s startup program but want flexibility in the pilot phase to iron out a range of issues with the proposal, including...
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The Opposition is demanding Industry minister Ed Husic release the National Quantum Strategy, warning its absence is creating drift and risking Australia’s “status and ability to compete” as other...
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Attracting and keeping world-class talent in a post-pandemic world is transforming identity security programs with a hyper focus on treating employees on the same level as customers, irrespective of...
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Shadow cybersecurity minister James Paterson has assumed responsibility for the Home Affairs portfolio after Karen Andrews announced her intentions to retire at the next election. Opposition leader Peter Dutton...
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AI robotics innovator Advanced Navigation has unveiled what it says is Australia’s largest subsea robotics centre to accelerate production of its “breakthrough” underwater navigation and robotic technologies. The company,...
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Tech in the 2020’s is a fascinating and complex beast. Innovation is still a key driver of its insatiable appetites, as we see in real time by the new...
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Australia’s research heavy universities have called for a new national innovation agency and research strategy as part of generational higher education reforms, warning institutions can’t keep taking a 45...
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The Royal Commission into Robodebt heard significant revelations about the series of failures that led up to the illegal tech-based scheme. Robodebt involved the use of an algorithm to...
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A decision by the former New South Wales Coalition government’s not to fund the state’s cybersecurity agency beyond next financial year, despite the growing importance of response and recovery,...
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The Education department is outsourcing the collection of research commercialisation data, relying on industry and research groups to provide the information that informs multi-billion dollar government programs. The outsourcing,...
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When the German federal government unveiled its first national startup strategy in the middle of 2022, its biggest surprise perhaps was that it had not arrived earlier. German industrial...
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Former head of the Public Service Dr Ian Watt has called for systematic changes to the rules guiding $80 billion in annual Commonwealth procurements, warning little has improved in...
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Former Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman has joined fintech and digital assets manager Trovio after serving as Australia’s High Commissioner to Singapore for the last two and a half years....