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Gig Guide: NT gets new advanced manufacturing minister

Advanced manufacturing will remain a focus in the top end, with the new Country Liberal Party-led government appointing a dedicated minister in Robyn Cahill. Ms Cahill will hold the...

Procurement scandal defamation threat dropped

The businessman linked to Stuart Robert and a controversial consulting firm that helped tech firms win government contracts has dropped his defamation threat against an MP scrutinising the procurements....

QuantX Labs bags Defence as first clock customer

Adelaide startup QuantX Labs will supply Defence with $2.7 million worth of atomic clocks in the first sale of its latest precision timing and sensing breakthrough and the company’s...

Inaugural National Reconstruction Fund chief steps down

The inaugural chief executive of the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation, Ivan Power, has stepped down less than a year into the role. His departure for health reasons has opened...

The AI web crawler shielding Five Eyes nations from insider threats

Everyday, governments and law enforcement agencies are using technology developed by an Adelaide company to trawl through countless online data and make potentially life-saving security assessments. Fivecast, based in...

‘Timid’ privacy reforms disappoint industry and advocates

Digital rights and industry groups say new privacy legislation falls short on protecting people and boosting competition, as the latest attempt to modernise Australia’s privacy laws approaches its fifth...

Govt AI use to go under the microscope

Parliament’s powerful audit committee will run the ruler over public sector AI use after it was revealed the technology was being deployed widely last year without governance frameworks in...

Bills pave the way for green hydrogen certification scheme

A government scheme to enable hydrogen producers to prove their products are made with renewables and low-emissions processes is now a step closer after legislation landed in parliament on...

Govt takes another swing at misinformation law

New misinformation legislation will insert a bigger regulatory backstop into the struggling industry-led model and set a “high threshold” for the type of mis- and disinformation that digital platforms...

Hypersonic vehicles set to blast off from SA spaceports

Australian aerospace startup Hypersonix Launch Systems will launch and return hypersonic vehicles from a new suborbital flight test service to be set up at Southern Launch spaceports as early...

Salesforce costs hit $140 million at NDIS

The cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s customer relationship management system has surpassed $140 million, climbing higher even as the Salesforce project was examined by Parliament. Cloud software...

EncompaaS finds value in data sprawl with AI

The idea for EncompaaS came to its chief executive Jesse Todd through his direct experience of the massive challenges financial institutions face when it comes to compliance and managing...