Australia’s digital passenger card has landed at the country’s busiest international airport, with passengers on select flights arriving from across the ditch now eligible to trial the technology. In...
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Australia’s internet watchdog has said the world’s biggest social media firms are still “turning a blind eye” to online child sex abuse material on their platforms, and said YouTube...
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AI will add $116 billion to the Australian economy over the next decade by making workers more productive, according to the Productivity Commission, which has urged the government to...
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Australians would lose a planned right to have their data erased by companies and existing privacy laws would be loosened in a bid to revive business productivity that the...
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Amazon has won a major contract with NBN Co to deliver high-speed internet services to parts of rural and regional Australia using its growing network of low-Earth orbit (LEO)...
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The federal government has committed $57.5 million to support the transformation of Nyrstar’s Port Pirie and Hobart smelters into critical minerals facilities as part of a $135 million joint...
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Australia’s consumer watchdog is negotiating with consulting giant EY on another contract to build the tech infrastructure behind the national digital ID system after the consultants failed to deliver...
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The ACT government has abandoned plans for a dedicated space industry hub and will instead rely on the existing Canberra Cyber Hub to deliver two new programs focused on...
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The federal Health department has shifted its data away from a legacy system to sovereign operator Canberra Data Centres in a new $9.6 million long term deal that single...
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Dressed in a white protective suit and face mask, Nicolas Chueh listened intently as a guide introduced a series of silver machines used in manufacturing Taiwan’s cutting-edge semiconductors. The...
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In his National Press Club address last week, Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council of Australia Chair Scott Farquhar outlined an ambitious future for artificial intelligence in Australia grounded in...
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The federal government will allow an extra 25,000 international students to enrol in Australia next year in a boost to research heavy universities that rely on the foreign student...
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The potential overhaul of NDIS backend technologies is occurring under “considerable time pressures”, with the agency leading it declining to grant extensions to vendors considering making a proposal. The...
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The flight was brief, lasting just 14 seconds or so, but Gilmour Space Technologies chief executive Adam Gilmour says the first test flight for its Eris orbital vehicle felt...