Author: Justin Hendry

NSW ministers get interim Industry, Digital duties

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Premier Chris Minns has placed interim responsibility for the portfolios of Industry and Digital in New South Wales at the centre of the new Labor government while the full...

Ministers agree to take national approach on critical minerals

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Australian governments have united in support of critical minerals, with mineral-rich states and territories agreeing to make the development of the sector a “national priority” following calls from industry...

Pezzullo says data localisation will benefit local sector

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Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo says data localisation requirements currently under consideration by the federal government could prove fruitful for the local data storage and processing sector in Australia....

Top bureaucrats mull NSW-like digital fund for Canberra

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A panel of Canberra’s most senior bureaucrats are weighing an investment vehicle modelled on the New South Wales government’s Digital Restart Fund to support federal digital projects outside of...

Second review of $1.3bn MMI grants program on the cards

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Australia’s national auditor is contemplating a review of the former Morrison government’s $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative despite an earlier internal review commissioned by Labor clearing the grant selections....

NSW Coalition taps digital fund for election pledges

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The New South Wales Coalition will siphon money from the state’s already diminished Digital Restart Fund to pay for the technology underpinning its election policies if re-elected on the...

Data localisation could limit compute access: Google

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Australia’s access to cutting-edge compute capabilities would be restricted if the federal government was to introduce data localisation requirements for certain sensitive datasets, according to Google’s local public policy...

Global innovation leaders to gather in Sydney

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Even though innovation is highly prized among senior executives, many still don’t know how to inculcate it at an organisational level.  The inaugural Leading Innovation Summit 2023, sponsored by...