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Cyber insurance regulation looms

The growing threat that has government and industry driving productive collaboration is in the common efforts to build defences against cyber attack. Former chairman of the US National Security...

LaunchVic set to replace 500 fiasco

LaunchVic has announced a new funding round aimed at replacing global startup expertise that was lost when the organisation terminated its contract with troubled accelerator 500 Startups. Victoria’s government-owned...

Govt quietly flags IP changes

The Turnbull government quietly slipped out its response to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into intellectual property arrangements last Friday afternoon, supporting a recommendation to wipe out second level IP...

Qld TWiG boost for tech SMEs

On one hand, there’s government trying to keep up with the changing pace of technology, while dealing with decades of bureaucracy and legacy infrastructure. On the other, there are...

Victoria unveils late cyber roadmap

Victorian has unveiled its long-awaited cyber security strategy – the first Australian state to do so – with an emphasis on a whole-of-government approach. The 23-point strategy aims to...

The AI debate we need to have

Artificial intelligence has the potential to greatly benefit humanity, but governments and experts need to act now to ensure its associated risks are mitigated, a lead researcher in the...

Govt to regulate digital currencies

Australia has taken a “big step forward” in recognising digital currencies as legitimate and trusted with the government moving to regulate the likes of bitcoin for the first time....

Thinxtra’s IoT rollout gets a boost

Internet-of-things firm Thinxtra has been handed $10 million by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to complete the roll out of its Sigfox low powered wide area network (LPWAN)...

Tech spending has a new regime

While Australian voters are unlikely to build statues to honour the architects of Commonwealth ICT procurement reform, it is incredibly important nonetheless. The potential upside is tremendous on three...

Leeanne Enoch’s next big mission

Since being appointed as the Innovation Minister in 2015 in the Palaszczuk Government, Leeanne Enoch has been full steam ahead in driving the Advance Queensland initiative, designed to grow...

Ag and tech the new China targets

New Chinese restrictions on overseas investment could be a boon for our film, agriculture and tech industries, even as the new rules take some wind out of the local...

$650m boost for local tech: Taylor

The Australian Government will today unveil a raft of technology procurement reforms that aim to drive an additional $650 million in Commonwealth spending to small Australian companies each year. Under new...

Data61 out of drug-test business

The CSIRO has confirmed that its data branch Data61 is no longer working on the government’s controversial welfare drug testing scheme, as the first location for the trial has...

What Paul Shetler did next

Paul Shetler is putting the band back together. Or more precisely, he is bringing together a crew of former Digital Transformation Agency ninjas to build a new business. Mr...