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Michael Kirby on technology and the law

Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby and the current director general of the World Intellectual Property Organisation, Australian Francis Gurry will formalise the creation of the Australian Society for...

DTA hands new contracts to BCG and Deloitte

Boston Consulting Group has landed a near $300,000 deal to provide whole-of-government ICT advice, while Deloitte will receive more than $400,000 for three weeks’ work on a new online...

Govt outsources R&D tax scheme compliance

A Canberra-based accounting firm is now assessing some claims under the research and development tax incentive after the federal government went ahead with its plan to outsource elements of...

On poaching HK tech talent and companies

Australia will introduce a range of incentives in an effort to attract high-growth export companies from Hong Kong and will fast-track special talent tech visas from the country. Following...

Towards a blended education system in Australia

As nearly a million Australians deal with job losses, and unemployment creeps up to 7.1 per cent, it is hard to find the positives of COVID-19. Yet over the...

Digital trust and sovereign cyber capability

For a government that has turned its attention to sovereign capability and supply chain issues in its response to the coronavirus pandemic, industry growth centre AustCyber has come up...

Mixed finding on COVIDSafe privacy: Research

The researchers behind a new report used by the federal government to tout COVIDSafe as “the most secure” contact tracing app in the world say that a decentralised model...

Encryption laws need judicial oversight: INSLM

The power to issue and authorise encryption-busting notices needs to be taken away from agency heads and the government and vested in a new judicial oversight body, the government’s...

New OAIC investigation into Clearview AI

The Australian Privacy Commissioner has officially launched an investigation into controversial facial recognition tool Clearview AI. Clearview AI, based in the US and founded by an Australian, offers a...

Five years of innovation policy reporting

When InnovationAus started publishing a weekly newsletter five years ago this week, Tony Abbott was the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull was the Communications Minister and Scott Morrison was the...

Oovvuu’s hits WordPress for global reach

Australian startup Oovvuu, which uses AI to deliver context appropriate video content to accompany news stories, has been made a global technology partner by WordPress VIP, a move that...

DTA consultant contracts running super hot

McKinsey has won a near-$1 million contract to assist with a new visa processing platform being developed by the Digital Transformation Agency, following a failed attempt to outsource the...

Deloitte to deliver R&D tax incentive platform

A new platform for the delivery of the federal government’s research and development tax incentive will be launched next year, with consulting giant Deloitte landing a $1 million contract...

Privacy office calls for data sharing fix

The federal government’s privacy office has called for changes to legislation facilitating data-sharing agreements with other countries in order to protect the personal data of Australians. Australia Information and...