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Private 5G networks to deliver early benefits

5G technology enables the creation of private networks that could provide organisations with low latency, high speed communications for a huge array of applications, transforming their operations. Potential applications...

An introduction to the Australian Data Exchange

A “fair go for those who have a go” are the words that became firmly etched in my mind during Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s first speech after winning Government...

Foreign investment changes, despite tech concerns

Significant reforms to Australia’s foreign investment framework have sailed through parliament with bipartisan support, despite concerns from Labor and the tech sector that they will act as a disincentive...

1414 Degrees and progress of solar thermal storage

Energy storage development company 1414 Degrees has accelerated development of its long-awaited Aurora Solar Energy Project at Port Augusta in South Australia. Following an oversubscribed share purchase plan which...

Volvo has now built its 50,000th truck in Brisbane

Volvo Group Australia has celebrated the build of the 50,000th Volvo truck at its Wacol, Queensland plant. Volvo Group handed over the FH16 XXL vehicle to its customer Nolan’s...

Data sharing reforms finally hit the Parliament

Legislation facilitating the significantly expanded sharing of public sector data between agencies and other entities including universities – sometimes without consent – has been introduced to Parliament after more...

National interest plan could drive local cyber sector

The launch of an Australian national interest strategy could help propel the growth of the local cybersecurity sector and assist the economic recovery from COVID-19, according to AustCyber chief...

The AI dilemma: Great potential, handle with care

When we mention AI, most people think about autonomy and technologies that replicate human senses or actions, such as machine vision, voice recognition, and factory automation. But there is...

Room to wriggle: Big Tech media bargaining code

For most of this year, the federal government has been stuck between a rock and a News Corp after announcing plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for...

Vic govt health database plan is a problem

The Victorian government is yet to consult with its own privacy office on a plan to store the health data of individuals in a database and share it with...

E-invoicing is boring, but worth billions to economy

The federal Treasury department has gone live with its automated e-invoicing system, using an all-Australian software platform developed by Brisbane-based ERP software giant Technology One and Adelaide-based Link4. With...

NSW to build a second Sydney Startup Hub

The New South Wales government is to fund the creation of a second Startup Hub located in the western Sydney suburb of Parramatta in an investment designed to put...

Deloitte’s myGov beta work quietly tops $30m

The government has quietly handed Deloitte a further $1.2 million for work on the myGov beta to cover an additional two months’ work, with the consulting giant now having...

Selling to govt: Not simple and not transparent

Nearly three-quarters of individuals participating in the InnovationAus’ Selling to Government 2020 survey say the process for selling technology into the federal government is neither simple, nor transparent. And...