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Husic to meet with US Commerce secretary Gina Raimondo

Industry and Science minister Ed Husic left Australia on Wednesday for a week-long ministerial visit to the United States where his itinerary includes high-level talks with US Secretary of...

IBM contracts surge after whole of government deal

Canberra’s largest government agencies have stuck multi-year deals with IBM worth more than $350 million following the arrival of the renegotiated whole-of-government agreement earlier this month. The Department of...

Ampol teams up with SEA Electric for EV charger rollout

Petrol retailer Ampol has partnered with Australian commercial electric vehicle manufacturer SEA Electric to develop a network of charging stations. Charging stations targeted at SEA Electric customers will be...

Cyber crises to get disaster status in WA

Significant cyber-attacks could soon join fires, floods and tsunamis on the list of recognised disasters in Western Australia, with the state government now working to develop a specific emergency...

GreenTech opportunity ‘phenomenal’ in Australia: Bill Gates

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was surprised by the former Coalition government’s lack of ‘climate commitments’, despite the economic advantages that the energy transition presents to Australia. The world’s seventh wealthiest...

$16bn GDP boost expected from second AWS cloud region

Amazon Web Services has launched its second Australian cloud infrastructure region more than a decade after its first, which is expected to generate an estimated $16 billion lift to...

Australia-led global ransomware taskforce gets to work

A ransomware taskforce representing 37 likeminded governments and chaired by Australia on Monday commenced operation, aiming to improve global cooperation on disrupting the lucrative cyber crime. Agreed to in...

Gig Guide: Digital health agency finds new CDO at ACT Health

Australia’s new digital health agency chief digital officer is Peter O’Halloran, who vacates the role of ACT Health chief information officer after nearly six and a half years. Mr O’Halloran...

Industry dept told to report weekly on MMI grant progress

Industry minister Ed Husic has asked his department to report weekly on the progress it has made signing off grants that were awarded through the former Morrison government’s $1.3...

$50m Coalition-era critical minerals program opens

Backers of critical minerals projects will have to showcase their efforts to address workplace gender equality and engage First Nations Australians when applying for a share of $50 million...

ACMA to gain stronger powers against misinformation

Australia’s media regulator will be able to request information from digital platforms on their efforts to reduce the spread of harmful misinformation and disinformation under legislative reforms planned for...