The ACT has become the first jurisdiction to push back against the federal government’s national facial recognition database, refusing to hand over drivers’ licence data until legislation is passed....
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Much has changed in the software development game since 4mation entered the scene at the turn of the century, with software companies faced with a range of diverse challenges....
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The Australian Computer Society’s National Congress has voted overwhelmingly to support a ‘no confidence’ motion against its own management committee, the ultimate ruling body of the troubled professional association....
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Australia’s digitally branded budget is being breathlessly marketed to drive Australia towards becoming a leading digital economy by 2030. Except that the plan is twenty years too late, and...
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The Defence Innovation Hub has announced its latest round of grants to industry worth $28 million, with grant funds going to nine new contracts and two existing projects. Two...
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Artificial intelligence is moving beyond just predicting the future to shaping it to our will, although ethics are extremely important to this brave new world. That’s according to Sagie...
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The CSIRO will bring on more than 200 new employees after the federal government granted it a staffing cap reprieve and funding boost, but concerns remain about its long-term...
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The federal government’s “enhanced” reforms to the research and development tax incentive passed Parliament just days after being announced, ending two and a half years of uncertainty for those...
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The October 2020 federal budget was “an oxygen mask to keep us going,” according to Australian National University associate professor Catherine Ball, and the nation will won’t face its...
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Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has unveiled his alternate vision for Australia’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on revitalising local manufacturing through renewable energy and defence industry...
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The federal Government’s R&D Tax Incentive largesse should go exclusively to startups and not big business, says one of Australia’s foremost software entrepreneurs. Big companies can survive without RDTI,...
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The leadership and future strategic direction of the 50-year-old Australian Computer Society faces an existential moment of truth on Friday as its ruling management committee faces a vote of...
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The Digital Transformation Agency will lose more than 30 staff this financial year despite average staffing levels across the public sector increasing. The federal budget showed the Digital Transformation...
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Funding through the Export Market Development Grants program will be delivered upfront and eligibility for the popular scheme will be tightened under legislation introduced to Parliament this week. The...