Tag: MYEFO

Enforcing the social media age ban will cost $50m

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will spend more than $50 million enforcing Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s over the next four years, as it steps up its oversight of...

Alarm at $103m raid on university research programs

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government on Wednesday revealed a $103 million cut to university research programs to help fund reforms across the wider sector, angering research groups already dealing with record-low...

RDTI claims growing, expected to cost extra $2.1bn by 2027

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Research and Development Tax Incentive is expected to cost an additional $2.1 billion over the next four years in part due to growing artificial intelligence claims, according to...

‘Confusing’ myGovID platform to be rebranded

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
myGovID, the federal government’s digital identity credential, will be rebranded after an audit of myGov found it was confusing for users and difficult to differentiate from the flagship digital...

WA’s health innovation fund grows by 70%

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Western Australia’s Future Health Research and Innovation Fund will award 70 per cent more money than originally forecast over the forward estimates following the mid-year review. The state’s Investment...

Govt pours $170m into second attempt at biometrics overhaul

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has allocated nearly $170 million to have another go at overhauling an aging fingerprints database used by law enforcement agencies, with all of this funding already...

Industry Growth Centres compete for $19m transition package

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s Industry Growth Centres have been allocated an additional $19 million to transition to self-sustaining operation next year when the federal government pulls its support for the long-running initiative....

DTA and privacy watchdog get MYEFO funding boost

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency and national privacy watchdog have both been given funding boosts, while more cash has also been injected into the federal government’s digital economy strategy as...

Digital ID has cost $200m so far

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has thrown more than $200 million at its troubled digital identity project, which remains in its beta phase five years after it was launched. In an...