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NBN complaints soaring: TIO

Complaints about telecommunication services in Australia have continued to skyrocket in a wake-up call” for the industry, with issues related to the NBN more than tripling in the past...

Report opens up NBN data models

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has unwittingly presented the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network (NBN) with a rare and unprecedented opportunity to shine a spotlight on the...

Michael Brand’s art of innovation

Innovation has a clearly defined price ticket at the Art Gallery of NSW: its $344 million. Raising the funds is also something of an existential challenge for gallery’s director,...

Feds defend surveillance power

The federal government has defended controversial legislation creating a new facial recognition system amid widespread criticisms of its scope and privacy implications, including claims it will usher in a...

Manufacturers need export focus

If the Australian advanced manufacturing sector can’t get itself fully integrated into global supply chains it is in for a rough ride, a new report has found. Advanced Manufacturing...

Open banking and digital identity

Consumer interest in understanding their relationship with their financial services provider has never been higher. Yet at present, there is a fundamental disconnect between what consumers can access in...

MacGibbon backs Azure status

The nation’s National Cyber Security Adviser and deputy director-general of the Australian Signals Directorate Alastair MacGibbon says he is “very, very satisfied” with risk mitigation measures deployed by Microsoft...

Ferris on board tech expertise

Innovation and Science Australia (ISA) chair Bill Ferris wants Australian companies to make structural and cultural changes to their boards of directors, and to look beyond simple gender balance...

On the road to open banking

Australian banks are working hard to get ahead of regulators and scrutinise their cyber security procedures in line with a global financial community still haunted by the $US81 million...

Thales ramps up Aussie dev-ops

Thales is hiring up developers for its Australian programming centre to help build an ambitious air traffic control system that will cover 11 per cent of the globe’s airspace...

BlueChilli partners with Coca-Cola

BlueChilli has joined forces with corporate bigwig Coca-Cola to launch a new accelerator program and expand across the ditch, as the Australian startup giant continues its phase of rapid...

OAIC: More than 60 data breaches

More than 60 data breaches were reported to the government’s privacy body in the first six weeks of the new mandatory notification scheme, with the majority caused by human...

ASD puts a cloud over Azure

The Australian Signals Directorate has placed an unusual caveat on the much-lauded ‘Protected’ security status it signed off for Microsoft’s Azure public cloud, publishing a special “Consumer Guide” for...

Cyber offensive capability boost?

The federal government needs to provide more clarity on its cyber warfare capabilities and substantially increase funding to offensive cyber development remain competitive, according to an Australian Strategic Policy...