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Massive win for the local tech industry

The New South Wales government signed a whole of government purchasing arrangement with Vault Cloud on Tuesday, the first such arrangement with a home-grown sovereign technology provider by any...

Ed Husic calls for a smart restart

5 June 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Australia needs a ‘smart restart’ to drive economic growth and jobs creation in the post-COVID-19 period with a focus on the tech and startup sectors, according to Labor MP...

How stupid are we? Ask the government

19 May 2020 | by Ed Husic

Ok, I don’t want to shock you but I think it’s safe to say the government thinks we’re all pretty stupid. The COVIDSafe app demonstrates that – or more...

Govt should rescind AWS COVID app contract: Husic

13 May 2020 | by James Riley

Labor’s Ed Husic has called for government to rescind its contract with US tech giant Amazon Web Services to host and manage data from the COVIDSafe contact tracing app...

Questions over AWS tracing deal: Husic

28 April 2020 | by Denham Sadler

There are “big questions” to be answered over Amazon Web Services’ involvement with the federal government’s COVID-19 contact tracing app, especially around the company’s use of a China-owned data...

Senate inquiry for Business Growth Fund

6 February 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The government’s plan to inject $100 million into a new business growth fund will be subject to a Senate inquiry after the Opposition raised concerns over “unanswered questions” and...

Tributes flow for digital icon Shetler

4 February 2020 | by James Riley

Public sector, business and political leaders have paid tribute to the Australian Government’s former digital tsar Paul Shetler for his contribution in driving new thinking in this country in...

No-one’s playing in the sandbox

14 January 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government will look to pass legislation improving the regulatory sandbox as a “matter of priority” when Parliament resumes next month after it was revealed that only seven...

Summer Reading Bonanza 2019

18 December 2019 | by James Riley

Ho Ho Ho merry readers and welcome to your ultimate guide to summer reading. It’s bloody hot outside Australia! So keep yourselves well hydrated – I recommend mango daiquiris...

Labor demands an encryption fix now

25 November 2019 | by Denham Sadler

Federal Labor has called on the government to fix its highly controversial encryption legislation now instead of waiting for two inquiries to report back in a year. The Assistance...

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