Author: Justin Hendry

Govt pledges $12m to restore interactive games fund

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government will restore the Australian Interactive Games Fund (AIGF) almost a decade after it was cut by the former Abbott government, pledging an initial investment of $12...

$32m extension to Tax Office cyber deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Tax Office has renewed its main cybersecurity support deal with Macquarie Telecom’s government arm at a cost of $32.7 million, as it battles as many as three million...

Drones to the rescue: Policy priorities to deliver

Posted on   |  by Damiain Brown and Dario Valenza
Industry and governments are continually looking for efficiencies – opportunities to improve safety and productivity, while reducing environmental impact, response times and costs. One of the biggest challenges to...

Husic to meet with US Commerce secretary Gina Raimondo

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry and Science minister Ed Husic left Australia on Wednesday for a week-long ministerial visit to the United States where his itinerary includes high-level talks with US Secretary of...

IBM contracts surge after whole of government deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Canberra’s largest government agencies have stuck multi-year deals with IBM worth more than $350 million following the arrival of the renegotiated whole-of-government agreement earlier this month. The Department of...

Cyber crises to get disaster status in WA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Significant cyber-attacks could soon join fires, floods and tsunamis on the list of recognised disasters in Western Australia, with the state government now working to develop a specific emergency...

$16bn GDP boost expected from second AWS cloud region

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Amazon Web Services has launched its second Australian cloud infrastructure region more than a decade after its first, which is expected to generate an estimated $16 billion lift to...