Australia’s new cybersecurity strategy was needed “yesterday”, with the government’s recent cyber warning stoke fear and uncertainty around the country, a number of industry experts have said. The Coalition...
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The government’s planned cuts to research and development will hamper Australia’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, while tax incentives for R&D should be paid out early, Labor leader...
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The response to COVID-19 is having a transformational effect on the use of digital technologies in Australia, the United States and many other parts of the world. But the...
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How the government came to be running an unlawful scheme needs to be properly investigated, crossbench senator Rex Patrick said, as the Opposition officially backed calls for a Royal...
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Albert Einstein famously said, “we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” And if ever there was a need for new thinking...
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The Australian government has been urged to follow the footsteps of the UK and ditch its contact tracing app in favour of the model provided by Apple and Google,...
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The remarkable intervention of the Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday in the mainstream cybersecurity conversation certainly had its desired effect. Through the use of the Prime Ministerial megaphone,...
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CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall was not everyone’s first pick to lead the national science agency when he was appointed to the role in 2015. But the CSIRO board...
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A lack of transparency around the federal government’s $200 million digital identity scheme and process of accrediting third-party organisations could lead to increased security and privacy risks, according to...
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Jaala Pulford is Victoria’s new innovation minister after a Cabinet reshuffle brought on by the branch stacking controversy that has besieged the state government. Premier Daniel Andrews unveiled his...
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During the second half of 2019, the Australian Computer Society was in uproar over a constitution that the then ACS Management Committee put forward to the membership for approval....
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There is not a day that passes where we do not read about a company or government agency having been hacked and had data stolen, or the organisation held...
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Technology and engineering university courses will be significantly cheaper under a government plan to funnel students into “job-relevant” degrees in sectors where employment growth is expected. Education Minister Dan...
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Australian governments and businesses are being targeted by a “sophisticated state-based cyber actor”, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed, as the wait for a new cybersecurity strategy continues. Speaking...