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DTA and privacy watchdog get MYEFO funding boost

The Digital Transformation Agency and national privacy watchdog have both been given funding boosts, while more cash has also been injected into the federal government’s digital economy strategy as...

Govt embarks on last round of critical infrastructure reforms

Consultation has begun on the last round of the government’s significant critical infrastructure reforms which include the power to require companies deemed to be “nationally significant” to install software...

CSIRO brings in consultants to ‘streamline’ agency

US consulting giant McKinsey is being paid $1.2 million to review CSIRO’s organisational processes and systems to “simplify and streamline” the agency ahead of the next federal budget. The...

Next on 5G: Enabling supercharged problem-solving

5G is much more than just a new carriage network. The 5th generation mobile network is an enabler that will supercharge a wider range of emerging technologies, such as...

SunDrive fabricates first ever full-size solar panel

South Sydney solar cell startup SunDrive Solar has successfully fabricated its first ever full size solar panels. The company took to social media to reveal the news which is...

Stalled data-sharing overhaul has not moved in a year

The federal government still can’t appoint a full National Data Commissioner as a statutory role or get its data strategy off the ground due to a failure to get...

Workforce management’s grim record for 2021

Company directors, HR managers, and senior executives in public sector departments, received more bad news last week. Just when they would have been hoping they had seen the end...