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Gig Guide: NSW locks in a new privacy commissioner

New South Wales has a new privacy commissioner in Sonia Minutillo, who has led the Information and Privacy Commission NSW’s regulatory functions for the best part of a decade....

Govt plots review of FinTech sandbox as crypto plan unveiled

The Albanese government has committed to review Australia’s financial regulatory sandbox as part of a suite of reforms to regulate crypto exchanges and other digital asset platforms. The review,...

Nvidia to open quantum computing lab, CEO Huang says

Chip giant Nvidia will open a quantum computing research lab in Boston, where it plans to collaborate with scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, chief...

Govt knocked back AI plan before last year’s Budget

A proposed AI investment plan put forward ahead of last year’s federal Budget was knocked back by the government at a time when other developed nations were ramping up...

Finance called on to clamp down on contracting scandals

The Finance department must start taking action to lift contract management capability across the public service, an inquiry has found after examining a string of contracting failures and scandals....

Australia’s sole silicon manufacturer backed with $40m grant

Australia’s only silicon manufacturer has received an almost $40 million grant from the federal government, securing local supply of the key input for solar panels and semiconductors. Simcoa secured...

WA green hydrogen mega-project gets an $814m headstart

The federal government will try and kickstart Australia’s large-scale green hydrogen sector with up to $814 million in production credits for a clean energy mega project 500 kilometres north...

Digital passenger card pilot expands after early success

A digital traveller declaration system years in the making is now being used for all outbound flights at one of Australia’s busiest international airports, marking the latest expansion of...

US data centre boom poses new risk to energy grid operators

Data Centre Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington DC and home to more than 200 data centres, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston. So power company officials were...

Cloud giants hold out on sovereignty as demand grows

The world’s biggest cloud providers are the main roadblock to a flourishing sovereign cloud market, leading organisations to accept “neutered” clouds without the latest innovations. That’s according to Oracle’s...

Encrypted messaging in govt exposes FOI, security risks

Encrypted messaging apps are in widespread use by bureaucrats with little guidance on information governance, according to a first of its kind report that has raised doubts about legal...

US pulls funding for ANU research project

The ANU has declined to reveal which of its research projects is about to lose US funding, amid a demand by the Trump administration for Australian researchers to declare...