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Must act now to shape AI future

The decisions made today by the federal government and private sector will determine whether Australia capitalises on the opportunities artificial intelligence offers or is left behind the rest of...

5G a decision that demands scrutiny

The Australian government has been caught out and our system of government is now at a crossroad. It is not acceptable that our government, on the pretext of “being...

Qualified tick for Growth Centres

The Industry Growth Centres are “generally on track,” but the government will struggle to measure their overall effectiveness, a long-awaited report has found. The federal government tasked Nous Group...

Petre warns on ACCC tech report

The competition watchdog’s proposed changes to merger laws would hurt Australia tech companies and lead to entrepreneurs relocating overseas, according to AirTree Ventures co-founder Daniel Petre. The ACCC’s final...

Big Tech on the ACCC backfoot

The federal government should pursue “significant, holistic reform” to curb the market dominance of Google and Facebook and better protect the personal data of Australians, according to the competition...

Dave Sharma on our tech future

The newly-elected Liberal member for Wentworth Dave Sharma has called for a greater focus on supporting technology companies and the commercialisation of ideas in his maiden speech to Parliament....

Vic gov’t firm on facial recognition

The Victorian government’s first public trial of its new facial recognition technology has been “diabolical” and was “absolutely destined to fail”, according to the Smart Energy Council chief executive...

Race for identity has a winner

Australia Post has become the first entity outside of government to be approved as a “trusted” digital identity provider by the Commonwealth tech tsars. In fact, the Australia Post...

Fed’s outsourcing gets new spotlight

The federal government’s growing reliance on outsourcing and contract employees in the public service will be scrutinised by a new national auditor inquiry. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)...

US antitrust move to follow ACCC

Just weeks before the Australian government publicly releases the final report from the ACCC’s landmark tech platforms inquiry, the US government has opened its own review of the market...

Govt puts CDR back on agenda

The government has introduced Consumer Data Right legislation to Parliament for the second time, weeks after the launch of the open banking pilot program. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg introduced the...

Boost for incubator support programs

An intensive cybersecurity bootcamp is among the successful recipients of more than $1 million in funding from the government’s Incubator Support program. Industry minister Karen Andrews said on Tuesday...

Searching for our digital destination

A new book about digital transformation in government will launch next week, written by a couple of senior private sector executives and arriving at an interesting time for public...

More uncertainty on R&D tax scheme

Uncertainty still surrounds the research and development tax incentive, with the government committing to reforming the popular scheme but not providing any clarity on how it will go about...