Government intervention is urgently needed to revamp the telecommunications market in regional and rural areas. Failure to act could set back telecommunications competition in regional and rural areas. The...
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Private and public sector discussions intensify around cybersecurity threats to small businesses (SMBs) in Australia, with ransomware attacks up by 15 per cent annually. As cyber criminals increasingly target...
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CSIRO has recommended establishing a carbon sequestration technology steering group at the cost of up to $5 million to consult on and advise the government on investments and policy...
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A decades old employment data tool that holds sensitive information on 815,000 public servants will be redeveloped on an accelerated schedule by consultants under a $3.7 million contract. Consulting...
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Australia’s leadership in quantum computing and quantum science today isn’t an accident. It is the result of over sixty years of investment in the physical sciences in our universities...
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The referral of the dismal Parliamentary Expenses Management System (PEMS) project to the Auditor-General’s office for closer inspection has exposed a raw nerve at the heart of what was...
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Hoping to amplify First Nations voices in the innovation ecosystem, former Cicada Innovations director Michelle Jasper has founded Gandaywarra, the Australian National University’s First Nation’s Innovation Hub. It will...
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Kathryn Campbell, the former head of the Department of Human Services when the robodebt scheme was devised and deployed, is reportedly leading the AUKUS Joint Program Office at the Department...
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Federal government contracts with Boston Consulting Group grew by another seven per cent in the last financial year after an explosion of government work during the pandemic, thanks in...
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Google did not mislead Australian consumers when it used an on-screen notification to seek consent for significant changes to the use and collection of personal data for targeted advertising...
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After the horrific and upsetting breaches involving Optus, Medibank and others, the federal government acted swiftly, dramatically bolstering our privacy regime. The penalties facing Australian businesses that infringe our...
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Australia’s online safety codes should be abandoned at the eleventh hour in favour of stronger regulator led rules, digital rights advocates say, warning the self-regulation model will put young...
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Work on the federal government’s massive enterprise resource planning system overhaul will be drastically cut back over the next two months, as the late-running multi-million-dollar project enters a new...
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CSIRO has released a three-pronged action plan calling on the federal government to boost domestic silicon and solar cell manufacturing to break the country’s dependence on China. The Australian...