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My Health Record data sharing plans idle five years on

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...

Govt startup bill supported but more work needed

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...

Pressure to release national quantum plan

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...

Embracing next-gen identity security to entice top talent

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...

Karen Andrews to retire, Paterson to shadow Home Affairs

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...

Australia’s biggest subsea robotics centre opens in Perth

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,...

Regulation is the New New Thing in tech

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...

Unis call for national research and innovation agency

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...

Push for a Royal Commission into ‘robo-NDIS’

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...

NSW cyber agency faces $70m funding ‘shortfall’

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,...

Education department backs outsourced research data

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,...

Getting the most out of state and federal startup programs

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...

Gig Guide: Will Hodgman joins Singapore-based fintech

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....