Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies has stepped up its efforts to participate in the upcoming roll-out of 5G networks in Australia by adding Malcolm Turnbull’s former cabinet secretary...
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A complete redesign of the proposed flagship Apple store at Federation Square in Melbourne has failed to win over the many critics of the controversial plan. Through a drop...
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Anyone who has watched the series of technology failures across the Commonwealth in the past couple of years – from the Census fail, to ATO outages, to Centrelink’s harmful...
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Technology giants Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter have jointly announced an open-source Data Transfer Project (DTP) designed to allow individuals to directly transfer their files and data between online...
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Former Digital Transformation Office chief executive Paul Shetler says it’s not too late to reset the troubled My Health Record project, and that there are strategies government can adopt...
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Chinese telecommunications company Huawei can afford to take a “long view of history” according to the company’s US chief security officer. According to Donald (Andy) Purdy, who spoke to...
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The agency behind the federal government’s troubled My Health Record service is continuing to maintain that it would not hand over sensitive medical information to authorities without a warrant,...
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Australia’s global innovation ranking has improved, moving up three places in the Global Innovation Index 2018 co-authored by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Australia...
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Federal Labor will crack down on the gig economy and the casualisation of workers if it wins the next election, Opposition leader Bill Shorten said during a by-election pitch...
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The potential benefits of Australian government open data initiatives are being overshadowed by a lack of adequate protections and security, a new report has found. The Consumer Policy Research...
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A number of international tech companies, organisations and experts have joined in the fight against the Australian government’s decryption push, saying this would create “severe risks”. A coalition of...
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The amount of venture capital invested in Australia has soared to a record high, but with a lower number of deals there are concerns about a remaining funding gap...
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The federal opposition and Greens have backed a call from tech giant Microsoft for governments around the world to regulate the use of facial recognition technology. Microsoft president Brad...
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Businesses must find a workable balance between digital-inspired initiatives and existing technology operations if they’re to avoid the downside of future waves of disruption, according to Verizon Enterprise Solutions’...