Google has opened a new office in Melbourne as state governments continue to tussle over who will play host to the tech giant’s local headquarters. The new 100-desk office...
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One of the most effective ways for Australia to engage with the Indo-Pacific region on international aid is through external collaboration, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade...
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A year ago, a federal ICT Procurement Taskforce recommended that individual contracts with suppliers last no longer than three years and carry a maximum value of $100 million. The...
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The federal government wants the right to make more of the citizen data it collects publicly available and sharable for a range of purposes – including research and commercialisation...
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The fifteen members of a key advisory body that will help shape data standards that will underpin the Consumer Data Right and the looming open banking regime have been...
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A high powered group of technology executives from government and the private sector say that in the fast moving game of digital transformation care needs to be taken with...
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Australia’s “world-first” inquiry into the impact of digital platforms on the media is looking to address “one of the defining questions of our age”, the government’s competition tsar said....
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The federal government has revealed how it will spend $8.5 million on a number of test cases for the use of data from My Health Record as it continues...
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A senate inquiry has been launched into “loot boxes” in video games, with the potential for the controversial mechanisms to be regulated or completely banned. The motion to refer...
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The Queensland government is marking the return of its Testing Within Government (TWiG) program for the third consecutive year with a call-out to tech SMEs for a solution that...
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The federal government’s new innovation visa pilot program has officially kicked off, allowing Australian companies to offer four-year visas to highly-skilled tech workers from around the world. The Global...
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The federal government has introduced draft legislation for public comment as first steps to amend the existing research and development tax incentive (R&DTI). The proposed changes of the Treasury...
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Australia’s first ever national space agency has officially launched in a major milestone for the burgeoning local sector. The Australian Space Agency lifted off on Sunday, with former CSIRO...
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Government departments and agencies are still failing to implement the baseline cyber security requirements, leaving them “vulnerable” to potential attacks, an audit has revealed. The Australian National Audit Office...