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WA green hydrogen mega-project gets an $814m headstart

The federal government will try and kickstart Australia’s large-scale green hydrogen sector with up to $814 million in production credits for a clean energy mega project 500 kilometres north...

Digital passenger card pilot expands after early success

A digital traveller declaration system years in the making is now being used for all outbound flights at one of Australia’s busiest international airports, marking the latest expansion of...

US data centre boom poses new risk to energy grid operators

Data Centre Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington DC and home to more than 200 data centres, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston. So power company officials were...

Cloud giants hold out on sovereignty as demand grows

The world’s biggest cloud providers are the main roadblock to a flourishing sovereign cloud market, leading organisations to accept “neutered” clouds without the latest innovations. That’s according to Oracle’s...

Encrypted messaging in govt exposes FOI, security risks

Encrypted messaging apps are in widespread use by bureaucrats with little guidance on information governance, according to a first of its kind report that has raised doubts about legal...

US pulls funding for ANU research project

The ANU has declined to reveal which of its research projects is about to lose US funding, amid a demand by the Trump administration for Australian researchers to declare...

Shadow treasurer takes aim at PsiQuantum bet

Australia should not have invested almost $1 billion in a frontier quantum computing project, shadow treasurer Angus Taylor said on Wednesday while promising to roll back the Albanese government’s...

Defence preps second ERP cutover attempt as IBM costs mount

Defence’s second attempt at cutover to the “backbone” of its new multi-billion dollar SAP enterprise resource planning system will get underway before the end of this month, a full...

Sovereign digital infrastructure. Will Australia seize the moment?

In an increasingly digital world, sovereign digital infrastructure is not just a matter of technological capability, it is a matter of national security, economic strength, and strategic independence. At its...

Meta vows to limit false content, deepfakes ahead of election

Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta on Tuesday said its independent fact-checking program in Australia would help detect and remove false content and deepfakes, as it aims to curb misinformation ahead...

WA appoints manufacturing minister in Cabinet reshuffle

Western Australia’s new-look Cabinet has placed a renewed focus on economic diversification and manufacturing, with two new portfolios led by senior government ministers to be created. Amber-Jade Sanderson, the...