Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil’s decision to pull digital passenger cards has raised new questions about the underlying government technology platform and its chequered history as the development bill...
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The Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre has launched Australia’s first cathode precursor production pilot plant at Curtin University in Perth as the country develops new capabilities needed for...
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Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has announced a review of the Australian Research Council (ARC). The review will require thorough reflection, both on a set of key principles to...
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A simple risk assessment would likely have stopped Bunnings, Kmart and The Good Guys from deploying controversial facial recognition security systems, according to privacy experts, who say that mandating...
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Labor got a solid round of applause when it unveiled plans for a Future Made in Australia Office last October in the run-up to the federal election as part...
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The Industry department has brought in a Canberra consultancy to start planning how to plug a disused oil well left by an ageing oil vessel floating in the Timor...
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Australia’s economic outlook is “nowhere near as secure” as it was a few years ago, the government’s chief innovation advisor has warned, pointing to structural problems that run deeper...
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The new national president of the Institute of Public Administration Australia is Professor Renée Leon, the current vice-chancellor and president of Charles Sturt University. Professor Renée joined the university...
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Electric vehicles could feasibly be used by Australians in remote areas according to a new study published by four researchers at the Australian National University. Published in the Australian...
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The national audit office has included a slew of government tech programs and the rapidly growing use of consultants in the public service among its potential inquiries for the...
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Judging is underway across 11 categories for the InnovationAus Awards for Excellence 2022, with finalists to be announced in September. Competition for the top prizes will be fierce, with...
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Large digital service providers will face a raft of new obligations after the European Parliament adopted two bills that seek to enhance online safety and combat unfair business practices....
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The tax office is paying Irish-headquartered tech services giant Accenture more than $70,000 a day for work on its business register upgrade, with the company’s total bill for the...
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Australia has run a more than $7 billion trade deficit on solar panels and associated components over the past five years as the country’s potential for sustainable solar panel...