The vocal ‘anti-China’ forces in Australia that the federal government is now attempting to counter – somewhat awkwardly – continue to view the technology world through a very US...
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The NSW government continues to push hard with its digital service delivery agenda, announcing on Monday that its Service NSW cost of living service is now live. The cost...
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There are “significant” privacy, data security and transparency concerns surrounding the Victorian government’s sale of the land titles registry, a standing committee has found. The Environment and Planning Committee...
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Australian military veterans will be trained as cybersecurity experts in the Department of Human Services as part of a new government program. The federal government has partnered with employment...
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In the most significant speech of his political career, Angus Taylor has outlined a fundamental re-making of Australia’s cyber security strategy through the creation of a ‘cyber defence network’...
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The Federal government has made Deborah Anton the country’s first National Data Commissioner as the list of government data privacy challenges becomes ever lengthier and more fraught. The announcement...
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The government is set to unveil its digital economy strategy in the coming months, but delays in releasing the report have been slammed by the Opposition. The strategy had...
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The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) says the Queensland government’s decision to establish a Skills Working Group to help oversee traditional manufacturers’ transition into advanced manufacturers is a move...
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Macquarie Telecom’s Sydney co-location Intellicentre 3 (IC3) datacentre campus at Macquarie Park is getting an $80 million upgrade as the broad migration to the cloud continues at pace. Cloud...
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An “unprecedented” heritage-listing of Federation Square could put the Victorian government plan for a ‘flagship’ Apple Store in jeopardy, with community groups planning to take the issue to the...
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Malcolm Turnbull has delivered a sometimes gushing pro-China speech at the University of NSW in Sydney, just two days after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi asked Julie Bishop during...
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The New South Wales government has announced initial plans for a potentially vast new tech precinct in central Sydney – to be “Australia’s Silicon Valley” – but has declined...
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Australia risks being “left out in the cold” and vulnerable to large-scale cyberattacks if it does not establish a telecommunications security assurance centre, according to RMIT associate professor and...
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Huawei Australia’s cyber chief has blamed “unsubstantiated speculation” for why the company is staring down the barrel of being banned from participating in Australia’s 5G network. Speaking at a...