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DTA to build new visa processing platform

The Digital Transformation Agency has been handed responsibility for developing a new visa processing system after a botched attempt to contract this job to the private sector which cost...

NSW sets new tech procurement terms

The NSW Government is expected to introduce minimum participation levels for local companies in large-scale public sector technology projects to ensure it gets maximum impact from its $1.6 billion...

Australia falls behind on R&D recovery

Australia is “in danger of being left behind” as most other developed nations place R&D investment at the centre of their COVID-19 economic recoveries, UTS Innovation Council chair Professor...

Digital tender platform’s teething issues

The government’s new digital tender platform is experiencing teething issues during its first public use, forcing a delay to applications for suppliers on the cloud marketplace. It was announced...

Accelerating hypersonic research in Aust

Like quantum computing or fusion energy generation, for a long time hypersonics has jokingly been described as a technology of the future which will always be a technology of...

Science, industry and the new Defence posture

Australian science and industry has a surprisingly key role to play in the new more potent defensive stance announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week. Many of the...

R&D tax: Focus on keeping our IP in Aus

The government’s planned changes to the research and development tax incentive are “unsalvageable”, and more is needed to be done instead to ensure that IP developed in Australia remains...

Space, the new Defence spending frontier

More than $7 billion will be spent to transform how Australia’s defence force operates in space, with a focus on improving sovereign capability. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday...

Angus Armour on boards and tech

If ever there was a time for Australia’s boardrooms to look around the table and assess their own digital skills and technology experience it is right now, Australian Institute...

40 jobs axed from CSIRO energy unit

Large scale cuts to CSIRO’s energy unit are “unwise and damaging”, with fears the upcoming federal budget will further impair the country’s science research agency, according to its staff...

The unrealised potential of data intermediaries

The delay to allowing data intermediaries to fully participate in the Consumer Data Right (CDR) will significantly curtail the effectiveness of open banking in Australia and the creation of...

Threat-sharing platform now 10x funding cost

The government’s cyber threat sharing platform has received a 10-times funding boost just days after it was officially launched and more than four years after it was first announced....

BCG gets $200k bonus for COVIDSafe work

Boston Consulting Group has been handed a $200,000 pay-rise for its work on COVIDSafe, with the development of the controversial contact tracing app now costing more than $2.5 million...

Encryption report handed to government

The independent national security monitor’s report on Australia’s highly contentious encryption laws has been handed to government but will not be made public until August at the earliest. Independent...