The Australian government’s cybersecurity bark is worse than its bite, with a new report finding its intentions in cyber is not yet being matched by actual capability. The National...
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It is time for a “rigorous and independent” analysis of the effectiveness of the federal government’s COVIDSafe contact tracing app to ensure it is working and worth the seven...
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The federal government is looking at using its procurement power to boost local industry and is examining the work of the New South Wales government’s new sovereign procurement taskforce...
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The Digital Transformation Agency has finally released details of the encryption process behind its COVIDSafe contact tracing app, but no further information on the server used to store the...
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A new taskforce led by former Property Council chief Peter Verwer has been launched to attract promising FinTech and advanced manufacturing firms to Australia, as the federal government seeks...
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Australian rocket company Gilmour Space Technologies has signed its first local customer for the maiden launch of its Eris rocket in 2022. The company has been contracted to deliver...
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Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby recalls the one privacy principle he helped develop at the OECD in the late 1970s that was made redundant when Google emerged in...
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The Victorian government has brought in tech giants IBM and Salesforce to digitise its contact tracing efforts, which is currently still using pen and paper methods. San Francisco-based Salesforce...
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The current economic crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, has exposed the decay in Australia’s manufacturing capability and highlighted the need for increased investment in innovation. Innovation...
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Australia’s consumer data right legislation doesn’t just exist to open up the banking sector, it’s for making the product matching and switching process much easier in an increasingly wide...
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The powerful parliamentary national security committee has launched an inquiry into the federal laws to manage security risks and the cybersecurity of telecommunications companies, amid concerns the new powers...
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I’m curious as to what the colour of a chatbot t-shirt has to do with service delivery. In recent years, the ranks of the Australian Government’s chatbot brigade has...
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The federal government has knocked back industry calls for mandatory cybersecurity guidelines for the Internet of Things, unveiling a voluntary code which manufacturers can choose to meet all, some...
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The federal government is “selling out the next generation of Australians” with its planned cuts to the research and development tax incentive and should instead look towards more direct...