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Australia’s cyber bark is worse than its bite

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...

Time for a COVIDSafe review: Edward Santow

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...

Tech ministers examine sovereign procurement

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...

DTA releases COVIDSafe encryption details

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...

Taskforce to scout for global tech companies

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...

Gilmour’s giant leap for sovereign space capability

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...

Justice Kirby on why we must fight for privacy

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...

Victorians bring in tech giants for tracing

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...

Building R&D capacity via targeted grants

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...

FinTech, data rights and a Newfound mission

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...

National security committee in telco review

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...

We need to chat about chatbots

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...

Govt knocks back mandatory IoT guidelines

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...

Clare O’Neil on the R&D tax changes

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...