Australia is blessed with many natural and human resources and often our geology and agricultural productivity has been the backbone of our economy. But modern economies, and indeed societies,...
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Data waste is growing at a pace unrivalled in human history, with companies generating and keeping more information than ever as their storage environments become increasingly complex. As each...
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South Australia’s $593 million Hydrogen Jobs Plan, which will include the development of a hydrogen electrolyser, hydrogen power station, and a hydrogen storage facility, is now open to local...
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Adobe was decided as the software provider for the new myGov platform before the federal government had even devised a business case or approached the market, raising questions about...
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Western Australia’s Future Health Research and Innovation Fund will award 70 per cent more money than originally forecast over the forward estimates following the mid-year review. The state’s Investment...
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A damning audit of the procurement practices at the Digital Transformation Agency has harmed its “psyche” and had a material impact on its relationship with other agencies, its chief...
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Outgoing CSIRO chief executive Dr Larry Marshall has been appointed the chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia. Dr Marshall has been the longest serving CSIRO chief...
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Nearly 90 per cent of Australian government entities still aren’t implementing basic cyber resilience protections despite a growing risk, an annual assessment of Commonwealth cyber posture released on Friday...
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The Australian government paid Deloitte more than $324 million last financial year, representing a staggering $130 million or 67 per cent increase in federal outsourcing to the company since...
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With a string of recent data breaches turning the spotlight on the fragility of physical identity credentials, finding a secure, privacy-enhancing method of verifying identity in an increasingly digital...
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The Industry department is negotiating compensation claims with nearly a dozen unsuccessful tenderers to its flagship business support program after the federal watchdog exposed serious problems with the procurement...
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Outgoing CSIRO chief executive Dr Larry Marshall has named the 10 deep tech teams challenging “old school paradigms” that will participate in the first edition of the ON Accelerate...
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The Digital Skills Organisation, Innovation and Business Skills Australia, and Skills Impact are among the organisations selected to lead the creation of 10 new Jobs and Skills Councils. The...
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Western Australia will appoint its first-ever Privacy Commissioner and introduce a mandatory data breach notification scheme similar to that of New South Wales as part of proposed new public...