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Advanced Navigation raises $108m in Series B

AI robotics and navigation technology firm Advanced Navigation has raised $108 million in its series B funding round led by global investment firm KKR. The Australian company is eyeing...

NSW gets first state-based data breach notice scheme

New South Wales will have Australia’s first mandatory data breach notification scheme for public sector entities in place within a year after state government legislation passed Parliament. The Privacy...

Multi-million dollar boost to research infrastructure, Pawsey

Access to research infrastructure for Australian scientists has improved thanks to a $39.5 million investment from the Australian Research Council and $22.4 million of state government funding for the Pawsey...

Govt hunts cyber ambassador replacement

Australia’s inaugural Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology Dr Tobias Feakin is stepping down from the role after nearly six years, with the federal government now on the...

$1bn needed to keep Australia in the quantum fight: AIIA

The Australian Information Industry Association is urging the federal government to maintain the country’s global competitiveness in quantum technologies by investing $1 billion in quantum research and technology over...

ASIC suspends FTX financial services licence

Beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange FTX has had the financial services licence of its Australian subsidiary suspended by the corporate watchdog after the company filed for bankruptcy. While the suspension runs...

NSW govt set to pilot decentralised digital ID

The New South Wales government will begin testing the photo verification technology that will underpin its answer to digital identity through a series of pilot programs slated for launch...

NSW Labor backs data breach notice scheme

The New South Wales Opposition won’t stand in the way of Australia’s first mandatory data breach notification scheme for state public sector entities, after having its own attempts knocked...

Ringing in the changes at CSIRO, by Larry Marshall

Around this time of year, Australia’s government agencies polish up their highlights and tally up their figures for the year to table their Annual Reports, then form an orderly...

Australia works to soften US defence export controls for AUKUS

AUKUS partners are working to amend the defence technology export controls, which are limiting the development of local defence manufacturing, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security chair Peter...

DTA chief takes back APS Digital Profession duties

Digital Transformation Agency chief Chris Fechner will steer the Australia Public Service’s central digital capability building program after being appointed the new head of the Digital Profession. Mr Fechner...

InnovationAus Awards: Digital Health & Health Tech Award

The last two and a half years have demonstrated the importance of constant innovations and technological developments in the health and medical sectors. Digital health and health-tech startups have...