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Demolition tactic for Apple store

Federation Square management has applied for a permit that would allow demolish a building in the public space to make way for a flagship Apple store, despite admitting this...

Keenan to quit at election

Whatever the result of May’s federal election, Australia will have a new minister guiding the government’s digital transformation efforts, after Coalition MP Michael Keenan announced he will be quitting...

TPG ceases mobile rollout

TPG Telecom has called it quits on rolling out its mobile network in Australia, following the Australian government’s decision to ban companies from using Huawei equipment to build 5G...

Calls for AA bill changes grow

A coalition of major telco and tech associations has called for a series of significant changes to the government’s highly controversial encryption bill following the farcical events around its...

Government gig economy crackdown

The federal government is looking to crack down on workers in the gig economy, with plans to force big tech companies to hand over worker data to ensure they...

MHR opt-out deadline looms

The deadline to opt-out of the government’s highly controversial My Health Record is looming amid ongoing concerns surrounding the reliability and security of the data stored on the system....

DTA sticks to Surry Hills

The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) will be forced to move out of its current tenancy at 241 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills when its contract lease agreement ends in April....

Ziggy’s NBN value thought bubble

In a response to a question at the Senate Estimates Committee, NBN Co has failed to provide justification for chairman Ziggy Switkowski’s assertion that the National Broadband Network could...

NSW Labor digital policy is MIA

With just under two months to go before New South Wales voters cast their ballot in the state’s March 23 election, the Labor Opposition has remained tight lipped on...

AWS heralds new Protected status

It has been a long time coming, but global cloud giant Amazon Web Services has been granted ‘Protected’ certification by the Australian Cyber Security Centre, making it easier for...

‘Enormous’ skills shift needed

The government needs to invest in and support an “enormous” skill shift to help Australians adapt to the future of work, a new Google-commissioned report has found. The report,...

Huawei and the long game

We are living in extraordinary times. The fact that Huawei Technologies’ founder Ren Zhengfei is suddenly hosting two-hour press conferences with international media clearly signals this. This was not...

ANAO shreds NEC biometric project

The national crime intelligence commission’s management of its doomed biometrics project was “deficient in almost every significant respect” and no milestones were met despite more than $34 million being...

Innovation Centre shuts its doors

An innovation centre that has been operating for more than 25 years has shut its doors for good as things get tough for small consultancies operating in the tech...