Tag: data

Defence to spend $1bn a year on ICT

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Defence will nearly double its planned investments in enterprise ICT compared to 2020, expecting to spend up to $1 billion annually after changes to its digital governance. Total planned...

‘Innovation baton’ passes from large firms to SMEs

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Small and medium-sized enterprises now spend more on research and development than large businesses, with the growth of local venture capital and government support helping to alleviate some financing...

Heavy lifting needed on data sharing, but not by banks

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
Here’s a philosophical question for the times: If a national economy-wide digital economy platform initiative is suffering a slow, tortured death – and no one notices – should it...

CSIRO argues the case for local AI foundation models

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Researchers at Australia’s national science agency are “bullish” on the potential productivity gains to be had from developing foundation AI models in Australia, and say that building sovereign capability...

Big Tech and the intelligence power shift since MH17

Posted on   |  by Jason Stevens
Investigating MH17 unlocked the role of big data in assembling a criminal brief, pioneering the use of open-source intelligence.   “I became interested in how big data was being used...

$140m for WA digital twin development program

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Western Australian government has set aside $140 million over the next decade to deliver a digital twin that will eventually be made available for public and private sector...

Aust-US data access deal comes into effect

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
American and Australian law enforcement can now more easily access data stored in each other’s jurisdiction after a landmark bilateral agreement came into effect more than two years after...

Canberra to adopt govt-wide data ethics framework

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
National guidance to help public servants make ethical decisions when collecting, using and sharing public data will be developed by the federal government in a bid to tackle the...