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....
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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There is a point of intersection between behavioural science and cybersecurity that has become a key focus for businesses and governments working to keep customers and citizens safe. That...
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says radar technology that Canada has agreed to purchase from Australia is “world-leading” and will help forge closer ties between the two countries amid growing...
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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...