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NSW govt just misses 30% SME tech procurement target

The New South Wales government has fallen short of its ambitious target to spend 30 per cent of its annual technology procurement budget with local small to medium-sized enterprise....

Defence quietly scraps $23m student system three years in

A cloud-based enterprise student management system that was delivered to Defence 18 months ago has been abandoned after a review found it was “unable to achieve the capability outcomes...

Privacy Act Review complete after three years

After three years, the Privacy Act Review commissioned under the Coalition government has been completed and the final report handed to Attorney General Mark Dreyfus. The Attorney General will...

$2m Defence innovation review dead and buried

A $2 million review of Australia’s defence innovation system looks unlikely to ever be released after the former Coalition government sat on it for five months and the Department...

A leading nation needs supercomputing to match

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,...

Data waste, ‘zombie’ projects not just a cost equation

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...

SA’s $593m hydrogen development open for proposals

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...

WA’s health innovation fund grows by 70%

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...

Horror audit had ‘material impact’ on DTA relationships

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...

Gig Guide: Larry Marshall now AmCham chair

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...

Basics baffling govt agencies after ‘cyber slumber’

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...

Deloitte govt contracts soar 67% since pandemic to $324m

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...