The federal government has asked industry leaders to develop a mandatory cyber security rating system for Internet of Things devices, but experts say such a scheme would be “enormously...
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La Trobe University’s Professor Jenny Graves has become the first woman to be awarded the nation’s most prestigious science award, having scooped the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, for...
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The RMIT’s newly-minted Blockchain Innovation Hub is just a month old, but is already pressing for fresh thinking on by blockchain technology, including possible regulatory considerations that could underpin...
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There is a school of thought that says – in relation to cyber security – that identity is the new perimeter. And certainly identity has become a central pillar...
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New South Wales Finance Minister Victor Dominello has thrown his weight behind the Federal government’s looming digital identity plans, including the use of state driver’s licence photos to verify...
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Blue Chilli, Flinders University, Collective Campus and FD Global Connections may be the latest recipients of grants under the federal government’s $23 million Incubator Support program, but only one...
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The launch of the National Cyber Security Strategy in 2016 was a positive step toward securing Australia, but there is still more do be done, according to Jeremy Hulse,...
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A number of local FinTech startups have lobbied the Reserve Bank of Australia to create a cryptocurrency version of the Australian dollar. Three use cases from Australian FinTechs were...
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The federal government has reaffirmed a bilateral space agreement with NASA just weeks after it announced it would be creating a national space agency. The Space Tracking Treaty was...
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The NSW Government is getting into the venture capital business, announcing it is setting up a $150 million equity fund in partnership with First State Super and investment management...
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Complaints about internet services skyrocketed in the past year, with anger at the National Broadband Network climbing by more than 150 per cent, a Telecommunication Industry Ombudsman report has...
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Cyber security will likely trigger corporate Australia’s next big black swan event according to outgoing ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft. It’s a key risk that the Australian Securities and Investment...
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The quinquennial Chinese Communist Party Congress, its 19th since winning the country’s civil war in 1949 begins this Wednesday. It will be the coronation of its leader for the...
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When we think about innovation there is a temptation to focus on the bright, the shiny, and the new. Startups fascinate us because they go boldly where no-one has...