The agency tasked with overseeing the $30 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has a new chief executive and chair after going several months without its two most senior...
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One of Australia’s largest consumer law firms is considering a class action against Optus after data belonging to millions of its customers was compromised. Optus on Thursday revealed a...
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Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil has flagged significant reforms to the cybersecurity requirements imposed on businesses following the Optus data breach that saw the personal data of 9.8 million...
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Shadow home affairs minister Karen Andrews has reintroduced the former government’s ransomware bill without significant alterations and criticised the Albanese government for a lack of action on cybersecurity reform....
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Talk to Xavier Orr for any length of time and you’ll soon discover he lives and breathes algorithms and artificial intelligence. In fact, his AI-driven invention – dubbed Hydrus...
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The CSIRO-founded deep tech venture capital fund Main Sequence has appointed its first woman as partner through the promotion of Gabrielle Munzer, whose focus will be on scaling BioTech...
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When discussing the topic of government electronic surveillance, I often reflect on the time during a significant AFP Counter Terrorism investigation that we had cause to install a hidden...
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A significant data breach at Australia’s second-largest telco has underscored the need for businesses and government agencies to minimise the sensitive personal information they store, and renewed calls for...
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Sydney will host the 2025 International Aeronautical Congress, the world’s largest gathering of academics, industry, space agencies, and other stakeholders in the space sector. The successful bid was a...
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Australia’s world-leading quantum research sector should be used as a guide for scaling up other technology industries such as biotech, clean energy, and semiconductors, the Chief Scientists says, after...
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Staying true to both the scientific and business complexities Australia faces in unlocking the national interest benefits of quantum computing, Industry Minister Ed Husic has named a mix of...
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An examination of the Digital Transformation Agency’s most costly procurements has found it did not manage risks or follow Commonwealth Procurement Rules, and “fell short of ethical requirements” in...
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Deloitte was the only supplier approached for a major overhaul of the myGov platform that has netted the consulting giant more than $45 million so far, a scathing audit...
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The government agency responsible for outsourcing the development of the failed COVIDSafe app did not monitor the developer’s performance or consider value for money as the contract more than...