Author: Justin Hendry

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No, AI probably won’t kill us all

Doomsaying is an old occupation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex subject. It’s easy to fear what you don’t understand. These three truths go some way towards explaining the...

Fighting critical infrastructure threats as a community

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
The cybersecurity resilience of Australia’s critical infrastructure operators is now a mainstream issue. Significant cyber attacks on Optus, Medibank and Latitude Financial in the last year have shown just...

NSW govt’s use of consultants to be scrutinised

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A parliamentary inquiry will scrutinise the heavy reliance on consultants by the New South Wales government in the wake of the PwC tax leaks scandal engulfing the Commonwealth. The...

Online safety tsar rejects two industry codes

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has rejected two of the eight online safety codes developed by local tech industry associations for failing to provide “appropriate community safeguards” and...

GovERP reprofiled, $60m in funds deferred after delays

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government’s massive enterprise resource planning system overhaul has been “reprofiled”, with $60 million in funding destined for the technology project deferred until next financial year. Officials from...

$49m MMI grant for WA critical minerals project locked in

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A sixth Collaboration stream grant from the former Morrison government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative has been signed off by the Industry department, leaving more than half of the funding through...