Author: Justin Hendry

$80m government cyber hubs pilot axed

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A Coalition-era program to centralise federal government networks through hubs in Canberra’s biggest agencies has been axed after an $80 million pilot, with a series of new initiatives to...

DTA loses data sovereignty scheme duties

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Responsibility for the federal government’s troubled data sovereignty scheme has been stripped from the Digital Transformation Agency in a shakeup prompted by the creation of Australia’s new cybersecurity office....

NTT Data loses myki deal to Conduent in $1.7bn shakeup

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
American business services provider Conduent will replace NTT Data as the operator of Victoria’s public transport ticketing system from December after securing a $1.7 billion contract to run and...

Towards a new mission economy for Australia

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
Since last month’s launch of Minderoo’s XPrize Wildfire, a four-year global competition that will award $16 million in prize money to teams able to demonstrate fully autonomous capabilities to...

NSW govt prepares to renegotiate $490m SAP deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government has extended its main sourcing agreement with German software giant SAP by another year, as it prepares to re-negotiate the contract now estimated to...

Think tank to govt: Push Quad on clear ransomware policy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government is facing calls to steer Australia’s Quad partners towards a ransomware policy that clearly discourages payments but also introduces new reporting obligations for business that do...

Nuclear waste is a $476m problem even before AUKUS

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A long-planned nuclear waste facility to store and dispose of radioactive material that has built up over decades has secured significant funding after the former Coalition government settled on...

Early-stage commercialisation package backed by industry

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A $390 million early-stage commercialisation initiative designed to ready homegrown SMEs and startups for future investment through the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund has been widely praised by industry...