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Test case brewing over gig rights

The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal proceedings against food delivery giant Foodora in what will be a major test case for the under-fire gig economy in Australia. The...

Space agency to stimulate scientists

While the states are gearing up for the competition to host the newly-established space agency, support for the emerging space sector has provided a rare moment of bi-partisan policy...

Space chief sets first priorities

Australia is late to the party in relation to the space sector, according to the newly-appointed Australian Government space tsar Megan Clark, but we’ve ended up with the most...

Huawei nixed from Pacific cable

The federal government’s decision to jointly fund a $200 million undersea cable linking the Solomon Islands and Australia that freezes out initial contract winner Chinese telco Huawei, has received...

Vic joins space agency race

Victoria has thrown its hat in the ring to host the Australian Space Agency, with the state government playing on its advanced manufacturing and science credentials. Victorian industry minister...

Aus-China relations tested by telco

The federal government’s decision to jointly fund a $200 million undersea cable linking the Solomon Islands and Australia – a move that has seen Chinese telco Huawei frozen out...

Aus-China relations tested by telco

The federal government’s decision to jointly fund a $200 million undersea cable linking the Solomon Islands and Australia – a move that has seen Chinese telco Huawei frozen out...

NEC staff walked from identity gig

The federal government’s digital verification plans are in disarray after the national crime intelligence commission’s troubled biometrics project with NEC Australia was suspended and staff members were escorted from...

Quantum risks are rising: CIOs

Quantum computing is occupying the minds of many crack research teams both here and around the globe, but after a long and over-hyped gestation the technology is intriguing and...

Qld budget: New money for tech

Queensland Treasurer Jackie Trad’s first state budget since she was shuffled into the role at the end of last year has revealed the state government is rolling around in...

WA wants at least 100 Mbps

In a submission to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the National Broadband Network inquiry into the NBN in regional and remote areas, the WA government has argued that the...

CSIRO moonshot on precision health

Innovation and Science Australia’s 2030 Report recently proposed a ‘National Mission’ on focused on genomic research that had the ultimate aim to making Australia the “healthiest country on earth”....

ASD process a shocker for SMEs

The Australian Signals Directorate is already taking heavy fire for a perception that Microsoft was not required to meet the same stringent security criteria as its local cloud services...

$450,000 to spruik growth centres

The government is spending $450,000 on a new two-month communications campaign for its industry growth centres after a survey found there was a “low awareness” of the initiative, despite...