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Gig Guide: Jas Chambers named STA president-elect

Science and Technology Australia’s next president will be ocean governance expert Jasmine Chambers, who will take over from Sharath Sriram in November 2025. Ms Chambers has been on the...

Cloud use matures but guardrails still missing

The use of cloud is maturing, and Australian businesses are adopting a diverse range of cloud-based technologies. But too many companies are deploying new technology without setting guardrails, and...

Procurement policies leave local tech out in the cold

Australian government tech procurement practices have fallen out of step with global best practice, leaving local tech companies without the same support enjoyed by international peers. While Australia’s major...

National data centre strategy talks break cover

The Albanese government is in early talks with industry to develop a national data centre strategy that helps steer the sector as the immense compute needs of AI workloads...

Govt loan untouched as PsiQuantum capital raise incomplete

US-based PsiQuantum is yet to meet the terms of its $275 million debt agreement with the federal government, preventing it from drawing down on the partially-interest free loan months...

Coalition demands split of privacy package

The federal Opposition has accused the government of wedge tactics by bundling a right to sue with other privacy reforms and new doxxing laws, and is threatening to withhold...

AI lifts Australia’s sluggish digital competitiveness

Australia has climbed one place in global digital competitiveness rankings, helped by AI research prowess and its front-footed policy making for the technology, as other indicators stagnate. The latest...

BluGlass doubles value of US CHIPS contracts

Sydney-based laser diode manufacturer BluGlass has doubled the value of contracts signed through a United States military semiconductor innovation hub, to develop its technology for quantum computing and artificial...

Platform giants face digital duty of care in Australia

Tech giants like Meta and X face a European-style duty of care to proactively protect Australian users under an Albanese government plan that could produce legislation by the end...

Modest quantum grants arrive as govt outpaces private capital

The first recipients of the Albanese government’s quantum challenge program have been unveiled, with 14 consortia sharing in $5.2 million to explore the technology’s potential for sectors like energy,...

It must finally be time to leave Elon Musk’s X for good

You’ve been thinking about it, been creating excuse after excuse in your mind, justifying how you can leave all the connections you’ve built up. But it has become inexcusable...

Health agency ‘captured’ by Accenture looks to reset

The lone technology supplier for the national health record system “captured” the government agency responsible for it in an arrangement that is taking years to unpick but could be...