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Hard questions on soft skills

Technology is rapidly reshaping the workplace, bringing demand for new skills. But the skills that will define successful future workers have always been integral. As many of the routine...

New hurdle for encryption laws

The federal government’s new encryption laws may contravene major international laws in the US and Europe Union, putting Australian companies at risk of significant fines, according to the Law...

Biometric fiasco heads to court

NEC Australia says it has commenced court proceedings in the Victorian Supreme Court to recover costs and expenses related to a failed $90 million biometric project with the Australian...

Manufacturing’s next moonshot

It is moonwalk month. On July 20, everybody except the moon landing truthers can celebrate 50 years since Aldrin said those immortal words to Armstrong, “After you, Neil…” *)...

The curious case of AWS and gov’t

The whole of government sourcing arrangement signed between the Digital Transformation Agency and the global cloud giant Amazon Web Services raises serious questions about sovereignty in relation to the...

Hoffman tapped for ServicesAus role

Former NSW secretary to the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation Martin Hoffman has been tapped by the Commonwealth to develop a new plan for the way that government...

Tobias Feakin on norms of behaviour

It is more than twenty years since possible rules of behaviour in ‘cyberspace’ were first discussed at the United Nations, and it is now two-and-a-half years since Australia appointed...

G20 cross-border data flow ratings

Australia is relatively open to cross-border data flows when compared to other G20 economies, but is limited by a number of restrictive measures, according to a new study commissioned...

It’s time to tackle telephone scams

It has been said the 1800s were the Golden Age of scams. This is when the term “con man” rose to prominence, and according to the New York Times,...

MIT Living Lab heads to Adelaide

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has selected Adelaide’s innovation precinct, Lot Fourteen, as the fourth global location for its prestigious Living Lab. The Living Lab will be established as...

457 visa was beneficial to firms

More than a year after the 457 visa program was scrapped by the federal government, a new research paper from the department of industry shows firms that used the...

Innovation program is on track

The Department of Industry’s Office of the Chief Economist has released a series of reports on the government industry support programs, delivering a largely favorable assessment of the positive...

Home Affairs to ‘clarify’ encryption

Following months of industry backlash, the Department of Home Affairs has acknowledged the perception of Australia’s anti-encryption laws has had “material impact” on the Australian market and the ability...

Encryption hurts chances for growth

There is a broad consensus across Australia’s tech industry that the country’s encryption laws have hurt the sector’s ability to export and innovate, according to submissions to a Parliamentary...