The government is spending $450,000 on a new two-month communications campaign for its industry growth centres after a survey found there was a “low awareness” of the initiative, despite...
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The Federal government’s assertions that its new encryption-cracking legislation won’t create a backdoor in encrypted communications is “ludicrous” according to digital rights experts. The Coalition is expected to finally...
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Entrepreneurs and scientists share optimism as a common and defining trait and so it is quite likely that Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel – who has also been a...
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The FinTech industry body has criticised the government and consumer groups over delays to new comprehensive credit reporting laws, with the legislation now remaining in the lower house for...
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NBN Co was doomed to be a “financial disaster” regardless of whether it used Labor’s all-fibre model or the current multi-technology mix, respected independent telecommunications analyst firm New Street...
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The most effective way to stimulate innovation investment is through corporate tax cuts according to Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive, James Pearson. “We need to be...
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Australian Signals Directorate chief Mike Burgess has confirmed a new draft of the Commonwealth’s Information Security Manual is being circulated across government under a new proposed title of Cyber...
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The boss of Huawei Australia has hit back at calls from both sides of Parliament for the Chinese-owned telco to be banned from any involvement in the country’s 5G...
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The federal government has serious questions to answer over its “seismic policy shift” on the cloud services accreditation program, shadow digital economy minister Ed Husic said. Speaking in Parliament...
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Shadow innovation minister Kim Carr has gone on the attack over the government’s response to the ISA 2030 report, accusing the Coalition of “budget fraud” over its changes to...
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The NSW government has announced that robotics expert Hugh Durrant-Whyte will take over the role as NSW chief scientist and engineer from September 3. Mr Durrant-Whyte, currently chief scientific...
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The competition between states and territories to host the Australian space agency is heating up, despite concerns the rivalries may undermine the agency’s national mission. The federal government recently...
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Overlooked in the detail of the mainstream battle over the future of the tax system in Australia is a Labor plan to force multinational companies to details their tax...
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Kriti Sharma is not a man and she is not white. She’s experienced artificial intelligence bias as a result and is campaigning to stamp it out. “Facial recognition systems...