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Vendors locked out of DTA market briefing

Software vendors who were locked out of an industry briefing on the Digital Transformation Agency’s new Cloud Marketplace due to an inadequately provisioned conference call have slammed the DTA...

Uncertainty on myGov digital ID integration

The DTA is walking back on its aim to integrate its digital identity service with myGov by the end of the financial year, after recently completing a small pilot...

Enhanced ASIC sandbox readied for launch

A greatly expanded regulatory sandbox for FinTech companies is set to be launched in September, nearly three years after it was first announced by the federal government. Legislation widening...

Environment sector needs startup style disruption

Periods of turmoil, just as we are experiencing now, are never easy. But they are also a major catalyst for innovation. We’ve seen this with the unveiling of Angus...

Deloitte gets another giant myGov pay rise

Deloitte has been given another pay rise for its work on a new social media-inspired myGov platform, with the consulting giant to now receive more than $23 million from...

Cloud over the digital council’s future

The Australian Data and Digital Council of state and federal ministers has agreed to streamline the way data is shared between jurisdictions and has committed to investigating “affordability options”...

No apology, no accountability: Robodebt

Despite nearly 500,000 unlawfully issued debts worth more than $700 million, and the minister still couldn’t apologise. Fronting up to a hastily called press conference after cynically waiting until...

Mining tech and services is a growth story

Australia has a post COVID-19 reconstruction engine staring it in the face in the form of the mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector which has experienced a demand...

RDTI inquiry to be pushed back again

The senate committee tasked with inquiring into the government’s controversial plan to cut $1.8 billion from the research and development tax incentive for a second time is likely to...

SA names national cyber centre board

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall will officially open the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre at the Lot 14 innovation precinct later this month as the state hones its focus on...

Industry renewal through digital infrastructure

Now more than ever, due to COVID-19, our country is experiencing a collective structural shift that is redefining how and where we work, how governments and industries collaborate, how...

The manufacturing that Australia can win

There is no doubt that COVID-19 has plunged our country, and the world, into economic chaos. The impact of the virus has truly challenged the old order and we...

Govt to refund $700m in robodebts

The federal government will refund nearly 500,000 robodebts worth more than $700 million after admitting significant elements of the scheme were unlawful. In a taking out the trash announcement...

AusBiotech sector locked out of COVID response

Crucial research and thousands of jobs are at risk because the Australian biotech industry has been largely locked out of the federal government’s COVID-19 support efforts, according to AusBiotech....