The Coalition government is considering a nomination for the next director general of the National Archives of Australia as it finalises new legislation for the troubled agency. On Tuesday...
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The popular and long-running Export Market Development Grant scheme is in crisis, with “disastrous” reforms quietly introduced two days before Christmas “blindsiding” local businesses and leading to the value...
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Australia has signed its sixth bilateral low emissions technology partnership, teaming up with India to pursue ultra-low-cost solar and clean hydrogen. During the fourth India-Australia Energy Dialogue on Tuesday,...
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The ABC will use the revenue it now receives from Facebook and Google to fund its planned increases in regional and outer suburban reporting. The public broadcaster’s managing director...
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The funding and resourcing limitations of Australia’s privacy office has been thrown in the spotlight again, as the wait for the appointment of a standalone FOI Commissioner continues. The...
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Sydney-based motorcycle technology company Forcite has raised almost $6 million in its latest funding round, money that will be used to fuel global expansion. Founded in 2013, the firm...
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Plans for a Digital Victoria marketplace have been placed indefinitely on hold by the state government due to “unforeseen circumstances”. Earlier this year the Victorian Department of Premier &...
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The Western Australian government has released its first service delivery roadmap under its five-year Digital Strategy 2021-2025. Detailed in the roadmap are 21 initiatives across 12 state agencies, all...
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A Labor government would introduce new reporting requirements for government tenders, forcing agencies to provide more detail and consistency on the billions of dollars spent on external providers every...
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Two inquiries into the controversial ‘anti-trolling’ bill will not report back until mid-March, with it becoming increasingly unlikely the legislation will be passed before the upcoming election, despite Prime...
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The federal and Victorian governments have backed electric vehicle infrastructure and research in the state with two separate funding announcements. The Commonwealth government announced on Tuesday that it will...
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As industry policy is reconsidered around the world, Australia’s federal Opposition says it’s time to move on from “dogmatic” notions of not picking winners, promising to direct a $15...
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The Digital Transformation Agency’s platform to assist government agencies building cloud services was decommissioned late last year because it had become ‘redundant’, the agency’s boss says. Digital Transformation Agency...
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A UNSW Canberra military ethicist examines the arguments for and against the adoption of so-called “killer robots” in a new book. Associate Professor Deane-Peter Baker said that his time...