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WA’s consumption IT model works

The consumption-based IT procurement model adopted recently in Western Australia could be the way of the future as governments look to reduce tech spending, NEC Australia chief operating officer...

Filling the cyber skills gaps

Australians are among the most cyber-aware users in the world, but that doesn’t mean the nation couldn’t benefit from a radical rethink of the way it attracts and trains...

Digital licence gets test drive

Over the next three months, residents of Dubbo, New South Wales, will be the first motorists to trial the state’s digital driver licence. The trial, which will last until...

Govt funds gig economy platform

The federal government will spend $1.4 million on a platform to push just 80 unemployed young Australians into gig economy work with the likes Uber and Airtasker in a...

Startup wish list for Qld election

As Queenslanders prepare to head to the polls next Sunday for the state election, startups and entrepreneurs are hoping for an outcome that would see the next government continue...

MacGov doubles down on cloud

Cloud has moved beyond proof of concept implementations in Australia to wide-ranging roll-outs across most departments and ministries. Current government policy, according to the DTA, requires agencies to consider...

Consumers blast new sandbox rules

Australian consumer groups are “extremely concerned” with proposed changes to the regulatory sandbox, while the country’s leading FinTech body is urging the government to take the concept even further....

Qld attempts to fix the internet

Dampened by the federal government’s lacklustre efforts so far to roll out the National Broadband Network to regional parts of the state, the Queensland government is exploring whether it...

Cyber war plan two decades late

The federal government’s recent focus on Australia’s cyber military capabilities is two decades too late and the country remains vulnerable to a range of cyber attacks, a new report...

Angus Taylor on data regulation

The government will look to regulate the use of individuals’ data by tech giants like Google and Apple if the private sector can’t enforce its own standards, Assistant Minister...

McGowan preps innovation plan

Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan will release an updated state innovation policy by the end of the year, but has cautioned against any expectations of large new spending programs....

Unions face our uncertain future

Increasing levels of automation and woeful NBN performance are driving a deep digital divide across Australia, according to Unions NSW secretary Mark Morey. “I read some figures recently where...

Co-working boost at The Capital

The traditional model for a startup has been to find funding, find people, and then find an office space to work in. The rise of co-working spaces has turned...

Australia’s $200b defence bonanza

It’s a sign of the times that the two most expensive government projects in Australian history are squarely in the technology sector. Hot on the heels of the $50...