When Nancy Pelosi travelled to Taiwan in August, it made front page news around the world and raised the spectre of all-out war between the US and China. Early...
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Critical infrastructure providers suffered 12 cyber incidents during the three-month grace period that preceded the beginning of a mandatory reporting scheme, new figures from the Home Affairs department reveal....
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Australia requires a specific federal Cyber Security Act. It’s too easy to square the blame entirely on the Optus and Medibank data breaches when what these attacks expose is...
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Communications minister Michelle Rowland delivered the 2022 Charles Todd Oration at a Telecommunications Association luncheon held in Sydney last Friday, marking the 150-year anniversary of the completion of the...
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The Australian Government has joined the Global Methane Pledge almost a year after former Prime Minister Scott Morrison refused to sign up, as it announces more grants under a...
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Founded in Newcastle in regional NSW, Hone Carbon has commercialised innovative new ways to measure carbon in soil, unlocking the potential for carbon storage in Australia’s agricultural environments. According...
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Tuesday’s budget will fund 20,000 extra university places for underrepresented groups to study in areas of high demand like education, health and technology, while 180,000 fee-free TAFE and vocational...
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The federal government will this week introduce legislation that radically increases the penalties to $50 million and more against companies for repeated or serious privacy breaches. The law changes...
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Australia’s innovation sector is stronger than ever but isn’t being matched by an appetite to innovate within government, according to former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who on Friday said...
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The Western Australian government is facing renewed calls to introduce public sector privacy laws following a spate of high-profile data breaches in the private sector and questions over data...
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will retain key critical minerals initiatives announced by the Coalition in March but will reduce the competitive grants on offer and stretch research funding, as...
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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency will provide $45 million in support for a renewable energy storage project in Broken Hill and more than $400,000 for a feasibility study to...
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A New South Wales parliamentary committee has “strongly endorsed” an inquiry into the development and use of artificial intelligence next year after referral by Customer Service and Digital Government...
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A cloud-based medical imaging startup from Canberra has been named Startup of the Year at the Australian Information Industry Association’s annual iAwards program. Aurabox was founded by chief executive...