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Technology lessons of COVIDSafe must be learned

OPINION: As the government turns its thinking to a vaccination passport or similar, it would do well to learn some of the lessons from COVIDSafe. COVIDSafe illustrates the need...

eSafety chief readies for online content crackdown

The eSafety Commissioner has opened consultations on a range of new measures to crackdown on social media firms and other platforms to block underage individuals from accessing online pornography...

New laws to expand CDR to energy sector

Electricity providers will be required to allow households and businesses to access their energy data under draft laws expanding the Consumer Data Right to the sector, released by the...

Govt accredits first private digital ID provider

The first private company has received accreditation from the federal government as a digital identity provider, with legislation facilitating a significant expansion of the digital ID program set to...

A digital path to growth in manufacturing

The southern Adelaide industrial suburb of Lonsdale has been going through hard times recently with the closure first of Mitsubishi then Holden and a nearby oil refinery leading to...

Audit finds conflicts of interest in IBM Defence work

IBM representatives were present and involved in decisions at several meetings related to a major Defence information technology project which resulted in the company receiving contract amendments worth nearly...

PwC paid $1m per month for vaccine rollout work

The federal government is paying global consulting giant PwC nearly $1 million per month across 2021 to assist with its troubled COVID-19 vaccine rollout, under a previously secret contract...

‘Solid footing’: Labor promises Higher Ed accord

A Labor government would establish a universities accord as part of a new commitment to apply the bipartisan approach enjoyed by defence and national security to the higher education...

Korea eyes Aussie critical minerals for new economy

Australia has a multi-billion-dollar export opportunity to move up the supply chain of the critical minerals it exports by refining the materials used in computer components, renewable technologies and...

Govt pays consultants $13m for visa processing advice

The federal government has paid consultants nearly $13 million to assist with its new visa processing system before a contract has even been signed, with many of the same...

Melbourne Health embraces IBM digital uplift

Melbourne Health is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers, responsible for the Royal Melbourne Hospital, NorthWestern Mental Health and the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory. All up, these...

Ministerial Council unveils Australian Data Network

The Data and Digital Ministers’ Meeting on Friday has agreed to the first ever national program of work on data sharing between jurisdictions and outlined the initial priority areas...

What will our future export industries be?

COLUMN: As the reality of potential ‘carbon tariffs’ hit the Australian Government, the big question is what we can export in future to maintain economic growth. The Minister for...