The multi-stage consultation process on the federal government’s Pathway to Diversity in STEM Review has begun, with panel chair Sally-Ann Williams imploring industry and society to join in the...
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A restructure of the Department of Home Affairs is being progressed to reorientate the national security agency around issues of cybersecurity and foreign interference amid a worsening geopolitical environment....
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Sydney defence consultancy Adroita will use state government tax breaks to develop a “defence-digital engineering” capability and double its staff as New South Wales seeks to grow its defence...
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If cybersecurity breaches are the new normal – and they are – then it is critical that governments lead the centralised and coordinated defensive efforts at an economy-wide scale....
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Two hydrogen projects in New South Wales will share in $64 million in support from the state government, with the announcement coming three weeks out from the next election....
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Quantum Brilliance has launched a publicly available software development tool that enables researchers to deploy miniaturised quantum computers alongside classical computers. Called Qristal, the open-source software development kit (SDK)...
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Dean Dalla Valle is an executive heavyweight of the resources sector – ex-BHP and ex-Pacific National – who has just been appointed the inaugural chair Hysata, the deep tech...
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Local FinTechs and two of the Big Four banks have been invited by the Reserve Bank to demonstrate the potential of Central Bank Digital Currency in Australia. Each of...
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New South Wales government agencies broke procurement rules, failed to manage contracts and increasingly used only a handful of global giants while handing more than $1 billion to consulting...
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There is a high-risk China will gain a “monopoly” in many critical technologies and is already the leading research country in 37 of 44 strategically important fields, according to...
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Outgoing NSW digital minister Victor Dominello has used his last ministerial address to champion the state’s forthcoming decentralised digital identity system as a lever for “huge micro-economic reform”. Mr...
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The federal government has launched its My Health Record mobile app a year later than first planned to improve access to the digital health record that has long been...
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The value of claims through the research and development tax incentive (RDTI) scheme’s non-refundable tax offset is estimated to return to pre-pandemic levels this financial year. The non-refundable tax...
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Five data breaches impacted more than a million Australians each in the second half of 2022, according to new data that also reveals a 41 per cent increase in...