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Entrepreneur plan gets a facelift

The federal government is preparing to hand out $182 million to potential partners to help deliver and promote its Entrepreneurs’ Programme after a significant refocusing of the flagship scheme....

Tech precinct plan heads to Cabinet

It is more than a year since Premier Gladys Berejiklian stood with Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar in Sydney to unveil the city’s ambition to build an innovation and technology...

Vic hospitals hit by cyber incident

A number of Victorian hospitals have been hit by a “serious cyber incident”, with patient records and information still inaccessible and entire systems left offline. The Victorian government confirmed...

Court ruling adds to IP uncertainty

Tech innovators will continue to face legal uncertainty when claiming intellectual property rights over their endeavors after the Federal Court handed down a long-awaited ruling concerning the patentability computer-implemented...

Encryption inquiry deadline extended

The government’s independent security monitor has extended its inquiry into the highly controversial encryption laws after receiving just 15 submissions from the public. Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Dr...

AIIA appoints new policy chief

The tech sector needs a more effective and influential voice in Canberra to avoid further “unintended consequences” in government legislation, according to the AIIA’s new policy advisor. Simon Bush,...

Taking a slide in digital rankings

Australia has continued its slide down the digital readiness rankings, falling one place to 14th in a comparative study of 63 countries. The downward trend is comprehensive, with Australia...

Scrapping patents is a ‘death blow’

The scrapping of a fast-tracked patent scheme would be a “death blow for SME innovation” and the federal government’s justifications for the move are “absolute nonsense”, according to Australia’s...

Open banking trial FinTechs unveiled

Ten FinTechs have been selected to take part as guinea pigs in testing of the open banking scheme before its official launch at the start of next year. The...

New data-matching plan for Medicare

The federal government has unveiled a Medicare data-matching scheme to find fraudulent claims, but is at pains to say it won’t be a repeat of the controversial robodebt program....

Tech giants’ new anti-terror group

Tech giants Facebook and Microsoft have launched an independent organisation to combat online radicalisation and violent terrorist content and “thwart increasingly sophisticated attempts” to abuse digital platforms. The Global...

Telco complaints get harder to resolve

A decrease in complaints about phone and internet services is “only one part of the story” according to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, with telco issues becoming more complex and...

Kim Williams on cultural disruption

Business leader and Australian icon Kim Williams has turned his attention to the powerful forces of digital disruption and its significant impact on business and consumption and the challenges...

US-Aus rare earth minerals tie-up

Australian and US government officials will hold high-level discussions in Washington later this year to develop a critical minerals action plan in an effort to mitigate risk associated with...