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Navy drops 20k a day on consultant-led cyber uplift

The Department of Defence will pay consultants more than $20,000 every day for the next 18 months to test the Navy’s cyber hygiene after years of government uplift programs....

Hysata and the pursuit of electrolyser efficiency

It has been a massive year for the manufacturing startup Hysata, a deep tech company that is commercialising breakthrough Australian hydrogen electrolyser technology in support of the emerging Green...

Focus on myGov accessibility to improve platform for all

The key priority for any future development work on the myGov platform must be on improving accessibility for the people who need government services the most. That means Australians...

Time’s up: Digital ID legislation now ‘urgent’

The federal government should “urgently” pass laws that give rise to an economy-wide digital identity scheme, as well as prevent government and private sector organisations from storing copies of...

NSW rolls out GreenTech grants for big emitters

Four of New South Wales’ highest emitting manufacturers have been awarded almost $1 million in grants to accelerate the deployment of GreenTech and other decarbonisation projects. Chemical manufacturer Orica,...

IMF warning on off-budget industry billions

The Albanese government’s plan to pump billions into industry development, housing and transform the electricity grid needs to be “phased appropriately”, while further off-budget vehicles should be avoided, the...

Use $15bn NRF to build future industry precincts: BCA

The Albanese government’s $15 billion industrialisation investment should be used to build a handful of “internationally significant precincts” in strategic locations around the country, according to Australia’s key business...

Commonwealth, NSW govts forge closer ties on digital

New South Wales residents will be given the choice of adding their Medicare card to the Service NSW app and viewing their digital driver’s licence in myGov after the...