The restructuring of the Home Affairs Department by the new Labor government and the ongoing review of surveillance powers offers an opportunity to “undo” many of the privacy-invasive digital-focused...
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Women-led startups will get access to a $10 million venture capital fund as part of the New South Wales government’s 2022-23 budget, to be released later this month. Named...
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Global cloud giant Amazon Web Services has signed a three-year $57.6 million whole-of-government agreement with the New South Wales Department of Customer Service cluster through a non-tender direct negotiation....
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Global giant Microsoft has walked away from negotiations with the Office of National Intelligence for the provision of a Top Secret private cloud service after more than a year...
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The sober ‘Notice to Industry’ issued by Defence outlining a plan to go to market for multi-vendor Secret Cloud Services belies the intensity of the scramble across the defence...
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The “large volume” of data leaked onto the dark web following a breach of a third party NDIS client management system includes “extremely volatile information” that is as sensitive...
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The world’s first diamond-based quantum accelerator has been installed at the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre in Western Australia after more than a year of development by German-Australian deep tech...
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Silicon Quantum Computing chief executive and 2022 Bakerian Medal winner Michelle Simmons says incoming industry minister Ed Husic’s focus on research translation and building Australian-designed and engineered technology here...
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Responsibility for the Digital Transformation Agency will go to the Department of Finance in the new Labor government, while oversight of the Digital Economy previously held by Senator Jane...
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There is real reason for optimism for the tech sector with Labor’s new Ministry, led by the appointment of long-time advocate Ed Husic to lead the Industry portfolio, Square...
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After a week meeting industry and state governments across Australia, a German hydrogen delegate addressed attendees of the National Hydrogen Conference on Tuesday. The 35-member delegation from Germany featured...
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Higher education and research stakeholders have issued a warm welcome to Australia’s newest Education minister Jason Clare, despite his arrival coming as a surprise to many. Groups say they...
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The new chief of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute was not the preferred candidate of the influential think tank’s advisory council, which had made a recommendation to government after...
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New competition tsar Gina Cass-Gottlieb has outlined her priorities in the role, with a commitment to enforce the Consumer Data Right and protect consumer interests in the financial services...