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Federation is the key to Govt ID

Creating a single identity for Australians has long been a complex issue with the potential for significant backlash from the public when handled poorly. The attempt at an Australia...

CyberCRC and the new ecosystem

It’s only two years since the federal government launched its cyber security strategy, but the nation’s former spy chief David Irvine says Australia is well on the way to...

A shocking punt on patent filings

Australia’s number one generator of intellectual property by patent applications in 2017 was poker machine king Aristocrat Technologies. The gambling technology outfit’s quest to find fresh ways to relieve...

Russia testing new cyber norms

As Russia gets pinged throughout the western world for going rogue on cyber, Australia’s freshly minted Cyber Ambassador has called for greater international cooperation on punishing malicious cyber activity....

The upside risk of skilled migration

A newly released Treasury research paper has found that migration has a net positive impact on the economy and leads to increased innovation in businesses. It comes as Innovation...

Austeng: Goodbye to the car-makers

When Holden, Ford, Toyota, and Mitsubishi began shuttering their plants permanently in this country, it was an “absolute guillotine” for suppliers such as Geelong-based engineering firm Australian Engineering Solutions...

Review ordered into TIO complaints

The federal government has attacked its own telecommunications ombudsman after its latest report showed that NBN-related complaints had tripled in the last year. Despite the attack on the Telecommunications...

Clock ticks on $500m TechCentral

The clock is ticking for the NSW government if it wants to get some good electoral vibes out of the ambitious TechCentral proposal to turn a chunk of land...

NBN complaints soaring: TIO

Complaints about telecommunication services in Australia have continued to skyrocket in a wake-up call” for the industry, with issues related to the NBN more than tripling in the past...

Report opens up NBN data models

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has unwittingly presented the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network (NBN) with a rare and unprecedented opportunity to shine a spotlight on the...

Michael Brand’s art of innovation

Innovation has a clearly defined price ticket at the Art Gallery of NSW: its $344 million. Raising the funds is also something of an existential challenge for gallery’s director,...

Feds defend surveillance power

The federal government has defended controversial legislation creating a new facial recognition system amid widespread criticisms of its scope and privacy implications, including claims it will usher in a...

Manufacturers need export focus

If the Australian advanced manufacturing sector can’t get itself fully integrated into global supply chains it is in for a rough ride, a new report has found. Advanced Manufacturing...

Open banking and digital identity

Consumer interest in understanding their relationship with their financial services provider has never been higher. Yet at present, there is a fundamental disconnect between what consumers can access in...