No explicit modelling on the inflationary impact of the National Reconstruction Fund has been undertaken because it is “self-evident” that the fund will not add to inflation, according to...
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The cybersecurity resilience of Australia’s critical infrastructure operators is now a mainstream issue. Significant cyber attacks on Optus, Medibank and Latitude Financial in the last year have shown just...
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A Singapore-Australia innovation grants program to support decarbonisation solutions will be worth $20 million, although businesses must wait for details on how to access it. The value of the...
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Defence’s chief data integration officer of 18 months Dr Maria Milosavljevic will leave the department to take up the role of chief information security officer at ANZ on August...
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Five years after its last report, the Startup Muster has been given a massive reboot with new funding support from the NSW government and the Atlassian Foundation to deliver...
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The CSIRO overpaid its board member and former gas and oil industry executive David Knox around $200,000 over three years, but is yet to determine the reason why or...
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A parliamentary inquiry will scrutinise the heavy reliance on consultants by the New South Wales government in the wake of the PwC tax leaks scandal engulfing the Commonwealth. The...
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An investigation into the selection of Salesforce as the provider of the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s new customer relationship management system has been ordered after potential issues with the...
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The Accenture-built myClearance vetting system is now “working as technically designed”, according to officials at the Department of Defence, but it will take at least another half a year...
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Industry and science minister Ed Husic is moving at pace to modernise Australia’s legal frameworks on artificial intelligence and says Australia can build a regulatory model that could be...
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Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has rejected two of the eight online safety codes developed by local tech industry associations for failing to provide “appropriate community safeguards” and...
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If you think ‘transparency’ is a buzzword, you’d be easily forgiven. We regularly hear calls and commitments to corporate transparency and, while we know it’s a good thing, do...
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As if the discussion had not already started across Australia, the Albanese government has released two discussion papers on artificial intelligence to inform a framework to ensure “appropriate safeguards”...
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Another $70 million in grants committed under the former government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative have been executed, with figures published inclusive of GST. Arafura Resources is receiving $32.9 million to...