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Western Sydney Uni partners on new education model

Western Sydney University and construction company CPB Contractors will partner to deliver a new model of tertiary education in Western Sydney as part of the state government’s response to...

New carbon credits expected by July 2023: Bowen

Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will introduce legislation for a new carbon credits scheme in November, while legislation to permit the use of international carbon credits to...

DTA outsources hosting certification assessments as backlog grows

Assessments of hosting service providers against the Hosting Certification Framework (HCF) have been partially outsourced by the Digital Transformation Agency, as the certification backlog for the data sovereignty scheme...

Alan Finkel backs Metrics Review changes adopted by the ABS

While the former government kept a landmark Innovation Metrics Review secret for years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics quietly implemented one of its key recommendations to better understand how...

Boomtime in Canberra as PWC cashes in on pandemic demand

PwC was paid more than $312 million through federal government contracts last financial year, capping off a three-year pandemic period where it’s Commonwealth business skyrocketed by 63 per cent....

Optus breach: What next for digital credentials?

In the rush to be seen to do something following the Optus data breach, we risk responding the wrong way. It’s now obvious to everyone that businesses routinely retain...

Diamond future for Canberra’s Quantum Brilliance

In 2019, some intellectual property created through a research project at the Australian National University was spun out as a startup which might change how we all use computers....

DTA, Deloitte and Adobe, and the myGov windfall

The Auditor-General’s damning assessment of procurement practices at the Digital Transformation Agency highlights an urgent need for a closer examination of how the federal government selects and acquires technology....

One third of occupations facing acute shortages are tech jobs

Almost a third of Australia’s most in-demand occupations facing shortages are ICT-related professions, according to an annual assessment of Australia’s labour market highlighting areas of acute gaps. The 2022...

NSW SBIR program releases $10m for proof of concepts

Solar powered wi-fi and microplastic recycling are among 10 projects progressing to the next stage of the New South Wales small business innovation program. The projects will share in...

‘Shifting spectrum of sunlight’ to boost plant growth

The story of LLEAF, which stands for luminescent light emitting agricultural film, began at the University of NSW when Dr Alex Falber invented novel light shifting dyes, according to...