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Coalition accuses govt of blocking ransomware bill

The federal government has been accused of blocking a Coalition bill that would introduce tougher penalties for ransomware gangs and give additional powers to authorities at a time when...

UK in-house consultancy offers APS a path

A proposed in-house consulting service for the Australian Public Service looks likely to be modelled on similar hubs introduced overseas that have produced encouraging early results. Finance minister Katy...

AI upgrade for CSIRO’s computing cluster

The national science agency will upgrade from its current GPU cluster next year to a new high-performance accelerator computing system more capable of machine learning and artificial intelligence workloads...

‘Peak’ performance to improve energy efficiency in property

CIM founder and chief executive officer David Walsh had his ‘lightbulb moment’ when working as a commercial manager in environmental technology and consulting services. Mr Walsh – whose family...

Digital ministers agree to develop identity resilience strategy

A national identity resilience strategy will be developed in response to the recent spate of high-profile data breaches that have compromised the credentials of millions of Australians. Commonwealth, state...

$385 million for 11 ARC Centres of Excellence

Almost $385 million in research funding will be shared by 11 new Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence over the next seven years, with advanced manufacturing the most common focus....

Charting Australia’s EV uptake as boomtime nears

Electric Vehicles as many say – are the future.   In Australia, EV uptake is on the cusp of rapid expansion and mass adoption.   According to the Electric Vehicle Council...

‘Life saving’ new technology for fighting fires at sea

Sydney-based maritime firefighters Sarah Battenally and James Manderson wanted to make a profound change to firefighting technology, and embarked on a mission to design a simple, safe, portable penetration...

WA remote space operations complex opens

Western Australia’s space sector has hit another milestone with the opening of the state government-funded Space Automation, AI and Robotics Control Complex. Established and operated by Dutch geological data...

Quantum software alliance forms to keep Australia ahead

More than 100 quantum software experts from universities, the CSIRO and startups have formed an alliance to keep Australia at the forefront of the emerging industry, as Industry and...

Digital ministers meeting gets cyber focus

All three federal ministers responsible for digital and cybersecurity will take part in the first inter-jurisdictional meeting of digital ministers to occur since the formation of the new Albanese...

Chief Scientist plan for free research access for all

The nation’s chief scientist will this year recommend to government a radical departure from the way research is distributed in Australia, proposing a world-first model that shakes up the...

Renter data, IDs exposed in Harcourts breach

Real estate firm Harcourts has apologised and launched an external investigation after exposing customers information in a data breach. The company on Thursday issued a public statement confirming last...