Tag: Paul Fletcher

PsiQuantum technology risk assessment stays hidden

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Defence’s security and technology experts provided a risk assessment on the government’s PsiQuantum deal that went to potential issues with the emerging technology and for the US company itself....

Govt’s $400m Medicare tech upgrade program back in the red

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s long-running Medicare tech upgrade project has been placed back on “red” status due to delays to a number of deliverables, with nearly $400 million already spent....

Digital identity laws pass Parliament

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s digital identity scheme will expand economy-wide after long-awaited legislation designed to stop the oversharing of sensitive personal information passed federal Parliament. The laws mark a major step forward...

Porn and technology are intertwined: So are the regulations

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
In the press conference following National Cabinet on family and domestic violence last week, the Prime Minister and Minister for Communications announced three measures aimed at addressing online pornography....

‘Obsessive secrecy’ a red flag for $1bn quantum deal

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Shadow science minister Paul Fletcher says the “obsessive levels of secrecy” applied to Australia’s billion-dollar investment in California-based startup PsiQuantum raises suspicions that the process was reverse-engineered to a...

Husic claims public interest immunity over PsiQuantum docs

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Industry minister Ed Husic has claimed public interest immunity to withhold documents that reveal federal government dealings with US-based quantum computing firm PsiQuantum in the lead up to last...

Medicare payments system upgrade on the rocks

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A long-running upgrade of the legacy payments systems underpinning Medicare has spent the last year on life support, with the latest phase of the critical overhaul stamped a project...

MYEFO withholds funding detail for quantum strategy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government has withheld funding details for the country’s first-ever quantum strategy due to “commercial sensitivities”, fueling speculation that it is in the market for a quantum computer....