Tag: data

Calls for new ‘national interest’ test for datasets

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New ministerial powers preventing certain datasets from being stored outside of Australia should be handed to the federal government, according to a local cloud services provider and data centre...

Albanese outlines plan to deepen digital ties to ASEAN

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Facilitating cross-border data flows and supporting interoperability of digital technology between Australia and Southeast Asian nations is a key focus of the Albanese government’s new economic strategy, which calls...

Tech Council balks at EU-style AI Act

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia risks an exodus of artificial intelligence capability and investment if new technology-specific regulations are introduced and the country’s existing copyright regime is tightened, the Tech Council of Australia...

Tech and clean energy to combat productivity slump

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Clean energy, data and digital technologies will be key parts of the Albanese government’s response to an intergenerational report forecasting continued challenges to productivity and Australian innovation. Treasurer Jim...

Oracle eyes Canberra’s Secret cloud market

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
US cloud giant Oracle has unveiled a new physically isolated cloud region in Canberra it says goes further than its competitors are willing to go and could one day...

$16m innovation challenge to build bushfire resilience

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A new $16 million innovation competition co-designed by the Minderoo Foundation has been launched by global not-for-profit XPRIZE to drive development of bushfire detection and rapid response technologies. The...