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No return to digital voting in NSW before 2027

Digital voting is not expected to resume in New South Wales until at least 2027, with the state government set to use the next four years to canvas technology...

Greater restrictions on industrial emissions incoming

A tighter limit on greenhouse gas emissions and harsher civil penalties are among the proposed safeguard mechanism reforms that Australia’s biggest emitters will face from July 2023. Consultation on...

Defence data centre support deal passes $2bn

American defence and IT services giant Leidos will be paid more than $2.6 million a week over the next two years to continue supporting Defence’s data centre and network...

NSW govt ‘over-reliant’ on the same consultants

An “over-reliance” on the same consultants in the New South Wales government, particularly those from the Big Four consulting houses, is creating risks for agencies, according to the state’s...

NSW quantum fund offering $7m for local commercialisation

A new state fund is offering New South Wales-based companies and research organisations up to $4 million to commercialise quantum computing hardware and software. In total, $7 million is...

National quantum strategy with government

A final draft of Australia’s first national quantum strategy is written and with government for consideration, with a public release expected within weeks. The chief scientist finished the plan...

WA explores new VC model to support local startups

An early-stage venture capital model for Western Australia will be developed by the state government in a bid to identify VC interest and boost funding available to local scale-ups...

Techstars to make Tech Central Sydney home after govt subsidy

One of the world’s largest pre-seed investors, Techstars, will move into Sydney’s Tech Central district and run its flagship accelerator program for emerging technology companies after receiving a three-year...

DTA renews government-wide IBM deal for $725m

The federal government has inked a fresh deal with technology giant IBM at a cost of $725 million over the next five years after the former whole-of-government arrangement doubled...

Mission reset: Chris Vein on the ACS turnaround

When the Australian Computer Society went looking for a turnaround specialist to guide the organisation out of a period of unprecedented turmoil and controversy, it sought an ultimate outsider....

Fixing regional mobile is the Albanese govt’s NBN moment

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has decided not to grant authorisation for the proposed regional mobile network arrangements between Telstra and TPG Telecom. In doing so the...

US space prime taps Sydney satellite firm for SouthPAN build

Sydney-based Av-Comm Space and Defence has won a $25 million contract to build and service four Radio Frequency Uplink subsystems for the rollout of the new Southern Positioning Augmentation...