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NSW offers $24m to solve innovation problems

The New South Wales government is offering $24 million in competitive grants to SMEs to solve the government’s own innovation challenges. The program, which will run over the next...

Expert urges caution in cashless gambling trial

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government has backed a trial of cashless gambling in Newcastle that will let people use digital payments for gaming machines like pokies. But the trial...

Digital identity council to advise NSW Govt

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The NSW government is assembling a new advisory council for digital identity policy, as the state and federal government look to accelerate digital identity and data sharing programs. On...

NSW to introduce data breach notification laws

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
NSW is set to become the first Australian state or territory to introduce a mandatory data breach notification scheme, following a serious cyber incident last year. NSW public sector...

NSW gets serious about drone deployments

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The NSW government is using drones to survey and 3D map flood affected areas in the state, in a bid to reopen several sections of road which have been...

Tech giants list as SMEs on NSW procurement site

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Global technology companies are listing themselves as small to medium enterprises (SMEs) on the NSW government’s tech procurement platform, raising concerns they may be able to take advantage of...

NSW stands out in digital govt services survey

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
New South Wales led the way in improving digital government services across Australia during the pandemic, according to a new report by Salesforce which calls for more government data...

Tech giants may get friendlier defamation laws

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Tech giants might get a friendlier defamation regime in Australia, with the options being canvassed by a significant review including a safe harbour scheme or blanket immunity similar to...

NSW net zero plan can be a ‘nation building’ win

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The NSW government’s latest tilt at reducing the state’s emissions to net zero has the potential to become a grand scale nation building program. But without appropriate oversight, hundreds...

Gabrielle Upton on NSW research translation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
After more than a decade of large-scale investments in hard infrastructure, the Berejiklian Government in NSW is retooling for new levels of public investment into ‘soft’ infrastructure, with a...