The federal government will set aside $480 million in next week’s budget to upgrade telecommunications infrastructure in regional Australia. The investment will support a $750 million upgrade to improve...
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A bipartisan Senate committee has rejected a bill that would strip the Education minister of research funding veto powers, despite widespread community support and an unprecedented backlash to the...
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So much has been written about the current tech skills shortage in Australia and the growth in the number of tech jobs across the economy, and the data is...
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To tackle the growing threat of cybercrime, the federal government has committed $89 million to a new Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre, to be led by the Australian Federal...
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Sponsored: No job is more steeped in risk than one charged with spending tax dollars. The responsibility to allocate public money in line with policy is one thing, but...
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The government agency responsible for technology procurement has declined to provide almost any detail on its procurement strategy and associated ballooning consultancy costs, as the national auditor begins an...
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After a global search lasting a year and a half, the technology sector’s professional association – the Australian Computer Society – has appointed a new chief executive officer, an...
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The media regulator will be handed new powers to enforce social media misinformation codes, nearly three years after this recommendation was first made and almost a year since a...
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A “comprehensive legislative package” will be considered as the federal government continues to progress a series of reforms surrounding the regulation of cryptocurrency in Australia. Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg,...
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The government’s recycling development fund will receive a $60 million boost in the federal budget, with the national science agency to also launch a plastics recycling research program. As...
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The federal government has unveiled draft legislation for its video game development tax offset scheme, revealing that the Arts minister will determine the eligibility of a company’s expenditure for...
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AustCyber chief executive officer Michelle Price has left the federal government Industry Growth Centre to become a partner at consulting giant EY, a year after the organisation was acquired...
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Labor’s crushing election victory in South Australia will see the state’s controversial electric vehicles road usage tax repealed. Labor claimed a comprehensive victory over the Liberal government in the...
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New research from the Australian National University lays out the capabilities needed if Australia is to adopt a zero-carbon export model. Calculations in the study found that in the...