Author: Justin Hendry

Gelion continues to amass battery IP with USyd patent buy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Home-grown battery manufacturer Gelion has continued its intellectual property buying spree with the purchase of a lithium-silicon-sulphur battery technology patent from the University of Sydney. The acquisition comes less...

No new funding for national cybersecurity office

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The national office being stood up by the federal government to coordinate its cyber security efforts and respond to incidents will operate without any additional funding initially, the Department...

Legacy tech poses ‘significant risk’ to Medicare system: Review

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government should urgently consider options to replace the legacy technology underpinning the Medicare payments system to address fraud and non-compliance by doctors, according to a government-commissioned independent...

TikTok banned on government devices

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TikTok will be banned on Australian government-issued devices over cyber security and foreign interference fears, following similar bans of the Chinese social media platform by other Five Eyes nations....

Online age verification ‘roadmap’ with government

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A roadmap charting a way forward on Australia’s proposed mandatory age verification regime for online pornography has been delivered to the federal government after almost two years of development...

Small telco exemptions are hurting retirees

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The number of retirees having to pay high monthly fees for underperforming fixed connections to the internet is increasing at an alarming rate thanks to a small provider exemption...

Lockheed Martin lands Defence’s $4bn sovereign satellite deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
US defence giant Lockheed Martin has fought off Airbus, Boeing and Optus to secure a lucrative contract to deliver Australia’s first “sovereign-controlled” military satellite communication constellation. The Department of...