Author: Justin Hendry

Gershon 2.0: Services Aus cuts 1000 tech contractors

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As many as 1000 technology contractors have been let go at Services Australia amid the federal government’s push to reduce its external workforce and following the end of several...

‘Flawed’ data breach penalty laws pass Parliament

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Legislation that significantly increases fines against companies for privacy breaches has sailed through Parliament with support from the Opposition, despite enduring concerns around the operation and practicality of the...

Govt awards $25m in grants from cybersecurity skills fund

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Up to $25.4 million in grants have been awarded under the second round of the Cyber Security Skills Partnership Innovation Fund, just weeks after the federal government was charged...

Consulting giants, DXC join IBM on $1bn-plus Defence SAP project

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Consulting giants Accenture and Deloitte and DXC Technology have been brought in to work on the final phase of Defence’s multi-billion-dollar enterprise resource planning (ERP) system project. The Department...

Digital games tax offset bill enters Parliament

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Australian video game developers have received the green light to begin scaling up their studios and projects after the federal government introduced legislation for the Digital Games Tax Offset...

Coalition-era $1bn fund rebadged to support clean energy tech

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The Albanese government will funnel $500 million into the commercialisation of clean energy technologies through a rebadged version of a $1 billion fund first proposed by the former Coalition...

Is this the end of the third age of capitalism?

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
Months ago (in April), as the rise in the CPI was starting to get underway, the InnovationAus editor asked me; “Why is any sign of wage or consumer price...