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Labor AI centre set for Melbourne

Labor’s planned $4 million national centre of excellence for artificial intelligence will be based in Melbourne, with the Opposition turning its attention towards using technology for social good. Labor...

Govt commits $100m to SME fund

The federal government has committed $100 million over five years for a fund providing “patient capital” to Australian small and medium businesses in a move that a tech industry...

Labor’s new skilled visa crackdown

Labor will crack down on the skilled visa scheme if it wins the upcoming election, but has moved to reassure the tech sector that this will not impact efforts...

Dave Sharma on digital diplomacy

Australia’s former ambassador to Israel and Liberal candidate for the Sydney seat of Wentworth, Dave Sharma says Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is struggling to master...

Victor Dominello: First interview 

Freshly-minted NSW customer service minister Victor Dominello will impose mandated digital designs and data architectures across government departments in order to standardise service delivery and data collection in all...

Data rights delay as laws stranded

Government’s failure to pass the Consumer Data Right legislation before the May election could lead to further delays to the rollout of the open banking scheme. When both houses...

Govt won’t mandate Essential Eight

The federal government has rejected a recommendation to make the Australian Signals Directorate’s “baseline” Essential Eight cyber mitigation strategies mandatory. Earlier this month the government quietly tabled its response...

New milestone for digital Victoria

The most significant shift in the Victorian government’s IT infrastructure in more than a decade will be completed by the end of the year. State-owned ICT service enterprise Cenitex...

Digital Council looks at e-invoicing

The Australian Digital Council has met for the last time before the federal election and a significant shake-up of its membership. The council, formed last year and made up...

Growth Centre review is shelved

With the federal government now in caretaker mode ahead of the May poll, the Department of Industry has quietly shelved the public release of its Industry Growth Centres performance...

Election campaign tech wishlist

The federal election campaign has officially kicked off, and it’s already clear that the tech sector will not feature in the prominent way it did during former PM Malcolm...

Bowen focuses on skills creation

The Opposition will make a major election pitch at human capital and skills to address looming technological change, the shadow treasurer flagged in his speech to the National Press...

EV scare campaign ‘flies in face of fact’

A toxic scare campaign surrounding electric vehicles in the first week of the federal election campaign “flies in the face of fact” and risks seeing Australia fall even further...

Virgin boost for hyperloop dream

Virgin Hyperloop One hopes to get its hyperloop services up and running for passengers before the end of 2030. To many, this is an ambitious goal. But for the...