Federal government agencies have struck contracts worth almost $300 million with Amazon Web Services following the arrival of the renegotiated whole of government agreement. Amid transparency concerns over the...
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Australian quantum computing startup Quantum Brilliance has expanded its footprint to Japan after being selected for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s foreign business subsidy program. With the support of Kiraboshi...
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Australia’s peak business lobby has called on government to accelerate national efforts to bake productivity-enhancing artificial intelligence systems into the economy. The Business Council of Australia has released a...
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US President Donald Trump would have the power to retaliate against countries that impose special digital service taxes on large US technology companies like Amazon and Alphabet, under a...
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Alphabet’s Google on Saturday said it will appeal an antitrust decision under which a federal judge proposed less aggressive ways to restore online search competition than the 10-year regime...
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The federal Health department has been locked in a year-and-a-half long legal battle over whether it owns software developed by subcontractors, after the consultancy that sat in the middle...
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Western Australian independent Wilson Tucker has farewelled the Legislative Council after a four-year term that saw him pushing for smarter innovation and tech policy. A former software engineer, Mr...
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Australian startup Heatseeker AI has raised US$1.5 million (A$2.3 million) in pre-seed funding from US investors at a “pivotal moment” in the multi-billion dollar market research industry. The oversubscribed...
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Queensland is making a play to become Australia’s most customer-centric government, announcing plans on Friday to consolidate most day-to-day transactions under the one roof. Just months after creating a...
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The NSW Opposition has called on the Minns government to put the state’s digital infrastructure at the heart of its productivity drive with better planning policies or a formal...
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Melbourne-based biotech firm PolyActiva, which has spent 15 years developing an eye-implant technology to treat glaucoma, has won a $27 million investment from the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation as...
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The Liberal and National parties put aside their differences on energy and competition policy this week to rekindle a union that has existed, in one form or another, for...
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Google is facing a class action from Australian businesses over the fees it charges for advertising technology, after regulators around the world started closing in on the US tech...
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The largest enterprise resources planning overhaul underway in the federal government — and across the Southern Hemisphere — has reached a significant milestone in its six-year history. After being...