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NSW ‘Secret weapon’: $500m boost for digital restart fund

The New South Wales government has allocated a further $500m to its Digital Restart Fund, expanding Australia’s biggest government digital infrastructure program beyond $2 billion and extending it a...

NSW unveils $480m electric vehicles package

21 June 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

The New South Wales government will commit nearly half a billion dollars in Tuesday’s budget to the uptake of electric vehicles, including limited $3,000 rebates and the removal of...

NSW govt’s $28m bushfire tech R&D mission

17 June 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

The NSW government will allocate $28 million to bushfire research and development in next week’s state budget, with an Emerging Industry Infrastructure Fund to also be unveiled. NSW Treasurer...

Victoria and Qld police can also access COVID app data

17 June 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The Victorian and Queensland state governments have confirmed the police can access data from their respective COVID-19 QR code check-in apps but require a warrant to do so. The...

NSW govt releases data strategy

8 June 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

The NSW Government has launched a new data strategy it says will create better outcomes for citizens while protecting their privacy, with more information to flow between agencies and...

NSW govt cracks down on gig economy workers

7 June 2021 | by Denham Sadler

Gig economy workers in NSW will be tracked with a unique identification number and face “tough” new penalties under state government reforms which the workers union said could lead...

Productivity pressures ahead for NSW

7 June 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

New South Wales will need a more skilled workforce, a “rethink” of service delivery and a host of microeconomic reforms to keep its economy humming, according to a forecast...

NSW govt considers sweeping deregulation

2 June 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

The New South Wales government is considering sweeping deregulation to encourage innovation and boost the state’s productivity coming out of the pandemic, including continuing any temporary regulations enacted during...