The federal government is looking to crack down on workers in the gig economy, with plans to force big tech companies to hand over worker data to ensure they...
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The deadline to opt-out of the government’s highly controversial My Health Record is looming amid ongoing concerns surrounding the reliability and security of the data stored on the system....
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The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) will be forced to move out of its current tenancy at 241 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills when its contract lease agreement ends in April....
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In a response to a question at the Senate Estimates Committee, NBN Co has failed to provide justification for chairman Ziggy Switkowski’s assertion that the National Broadband Network could...
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With just under two months to go before New South Wales voters cast their ballot in the state’s March 23 election, the Labor Opposition has remained tight lipped on...
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It has been a long time coming, but global cloud giant Amazon Web Services has been granted ‘Protected’ certification by the Australian Cyber Security Centre, making it easier for...
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The government needs to invest in and support an “enormous” skill shift to help Australians adapt to the future of work, a new Google-commissioned report has found. The report,...
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We are living in extraordinary times. The fact that Huawei Technologies’ founder Ren Zhengfei is suddenly hosting two-hour press conferences with international media clearly signals this. This was not...
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The national crime intelligence commission’s management of its doomed biometrics project was “deficient in almost every significant respect” and no milestones were met despite more than $34 million being...
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An innovation centre that has been operating for more than 25 years has shut its doors for good as things get tough for small consultancies operating in the tech...
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The Opposition’s new “local projects, local jobs” procurement policy would help small Australian tech companies secure government contracts, shadow industry minister Kim Carr said. A slew of Labor shadow...
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A government inquiry into identity security is running more than two months behind schedule as the Coalition mulls a new iteration of the National Identity Security Strategy. The review...
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Innovation and Science Australia has a new chairman after former IBM Australia managing director Andrew Stevens was quietly appointed to the role just before Christmas. Mr Stevens, who is...
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The government’s inability to introduce its “game-changing” Consumer Data Right legislation, and the subsequent delay to the launch of open banking, could provide an opportunity to improve the regime,...