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Husic on ASD cyber certification

The federal government has serious questions to answer over its “seismic policy shift” on the cloud services accreditation program, shadow digital economy minister Ed Husic said. Speaking in Parliament...

Govt accused of R&D ‘budget fraud’

Shadow innovation minister Kim Carr has gone on the attack over the government’s response to the ISA 2030 report, accusing the Coalition of “budget fraud” over its changes to...

NSW gets a new chief scientist

The NSW government has announced that robotics expert Hugh Durrant-Whyte will take over the role as NSW chief scientist and engineer from September 3. Mr Durrant-Whyte, currently chief scientific...

Comp heats up over space agency

The competition between states and territories to host the Australian space agency is heating up, despite concerns the rivalries may undermine the agency’s national mission. The federal government recently...

Labor tax plan for procurement

Overlooked in the detail of the mainstream battle over the future of the tax system in Australia is a Labor plan to force multinational companies to details their tax...

Algorithms have a racial bias

Kriti Sharma is not a man and she is not white. She’s experienced artificial intelligence bias as a result and is campaigning to stamp it out. “Facial recognition systems...

SA to meet Bezos’ moon outfit

The South Australian government is set to meet with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to discuss the state’s potential role in the aerospace company’s mission to the moon. It was...

$100m blitz for MyHealth Record

The Health department says data from the federal MyHealth Record service could be made available for commercial medical research purposes, even while it revealed details of a $100 million media...

Defence CRC has commercial aims

Australia’s freshly-minted Defence Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Trusted Autonomous Systems has a stakeholder base that spans the continent and wants to boost commercial outcomes from tech developed for...

A ‘chilling effect’ on free speech

Australia’s national privacy office has ruled that individuals should “reasonably expect” the government will release sensitive personal data publicly to refute its critics, sparking concerns of a “chilling effect”...

Regional boost for new incubators

The federal government has appointed four ‘innovation facilitators’ across regional Australia to help regional incubators and startups through the Incubator Support program. The new regional specialists are now available...

Electronic votes from next year

Electronic voting will be in action in the House of Representatives within the federal Parliament from next year, with government on the verge of opening a tender process for...

Ex-DTA Hypereal behind Buy.NSW

Frustrated by the Digital Transformation Agency’s lack of progress on its Digital Marketplace platform, the NSW Government’s decision to go it alone is telling. And the small team brought...

Vic land title sale investigated

An inquiry has been launched into the Victorian government’s plan to sell the state’s land titles registry amid “serious concerns” over the privacy and security of the sensitive data...