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NSW govt heads to court over dumped $177m police system

A US software provider tasked with replacing New South Wales’ legacy core policing system with a cloud-based alternative is suing NSW Police over a decision to abruptly terminate the...

Next-generation maker’s nano approach to big picture R&D

The team at the Australian National Fabrication Facility (better known as ANFF) consider themselves a next-generation maker space. Simply put, “we provide a service,” says ANFF chief executive officer...

Minister to release ACIL Allen Industry Growth Centre report

The federal government has committed to releasing a review of the Industry Growth Centre program that sat with the former Coalition government since 2020. Minister for Science and Industry...

Australian unis back GDPR style data reforms

“Deficiencies” in Commonwealth privacy laws are stopping European researchers from sharing data with Australian counterparts and may force local projects offshore, researchers have warned. Universities are calling for an...

Vic govt to contract out cyber incident response services

The Victorian government is set to contract out the cyber incident response services that are offered to agencies and local councils that fall victim to cyber-attacks in a bid...

Suzuki takes stake in Aussie automotive software company

Melbourne-based automotive software company Applied EV has raised $21 million with Japanese carmaker Suzuki taking a strategic stake in the company. The completion of the first tranche of the...

Systemic issues haunt the Australian Research Council

The government has announced a review of the Australian Research Council in response to the vocal calls by the academic and scientific community for the systemic problems related to...

Future Fellowships: 100 researchers share $94m in govt funding

100 mid-career researchers will share in $94 million of federal funding to conduct their four-year projects, the Australian Research Council announced on Tuesday. Advanced manufacturing projects and New South...

UNSW pushes ahead with new AI research institute

A new artificial intelligence institute at the University of New South Wales hopes to forge interdisciplinary connections between researchers and improve commercialisation opportunities. The UNSW AI Institute launched on...

Have your say: Public sector procurement survey

By any yardstick, federal spending on information technology products and services is massive. Depending on the ebb and flow of tech projects, that spending amounts to somewhere between $7...

Broad church: AIIA members divided over data localisation

The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has struggled to reach consensus among its diverse membership base on data localisation, but has broadly agreed that onshore hosting does not guarantee...

Tax office wants to be ‘fully digitalised’ by 2030

A “fully digitalised” tax office remains eight years away, according to Tax commissioner Chris Jordan, who envisions a greater reliance on natural systems for sourcing real-time data. Mr Jordan...