The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation has invested $200 million into ASX-listed data centre outfit Macquarie Technology Group to build out the sovereign tech stack and data infrastructure needed by...
When the Digital Transformation Agency commissioned a review of its procurement arrangements with some of the federal government’s largest vendors last year, local tech companies hoped for a fair...
Australian policymakers face a very particular challenge in relation to the artificial intelligence and its contribution to productivity, according to Vault Cloud chief executive Rupert Taylor-Price. That is how...
An internal debate between the board and investment arm of the National Reconstruction Fund has emerged over the direction of the federal government’s landmark $15 billion investment vehicle. Ahead...
In an increasingly digital world, sovereign digital infrastructure is not just a matter of technological capability, it is a matter of national security, economic strength, and strategic independence. At its...
The federal government has for the first time defined an ‘Australian business’ for procurement purposes as part of a multi-year project to extract more benefits from its $80 billion...
The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation has announced a $22.5 million investment in secure data infrastructure provider Vault Cloud, bringing its total investments into Australian companies in the past month...
Billions of dollars worth of sourcing agreements with the likes of IBM, Microsoft and SAP will be reviewed by the federal government, as it considers shifting the deals to...
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...
Commonwealth tech procurement rules must be re-written to match the rhetoric of the Future Made in Australia agenda, a Senate inquiry has found, after widespread warnings that too much...