Tag: Western Australia

WA to get Privacy Commissioner, data breach notice scheme

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Western Australia will appoint its first-ever Privacy Commissioner and introduce a mandatory data breach notification scheme similar to that of New South Wales as part of proposed new public...

WA govt’s ICT portfolio gets digital economy rebrand

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Western Australian Innovation and ICT minister Stephen Dawson has become the state’s first Innovation and Digital Economy minister in a Cabinet reshuffle prompted by the departure of two of...

Research infrastructure is a time machine

Posted on   |  by Elanor Huntington
Wajarri Yamaji Country is a magical place. For tens of thousands of years its people have stood on and cared for Country. I’ve just been there to help break...

Multi-million dollar boost to research infrastructure, Pawsey

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Access to research infrastructure for Australian scientists has improved thanks to a $39.5 million investment from the Australian Research Council and $22.4 million of state government funding for the Pawsey...

Indigenous land agreement permits SKA telescope expansion

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A land agreement between Native Title Holders, the CSIRO, and Western Australian and Commonwealth governments means construction of the international Square Kilometre Array telescope can get underway. The SKA...

WA remote space operations complex opens

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Western Australia’s space sector has hit another milestone with the opening of the state government-funded Space Automation, AI and Robotics Control Complex. Established and operated by Dutch geological data...

WA launches $5m regional health innovation challenge

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
To bolster innovation in regional health solutions, the Western Australian government has launched a $5 million global competition to innovate on healthcare delivery in the Pilbara. And on the...

Renewed calls for public sector privacy laws in WA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Western Australian government is facing renewed calls to introduce public sector privacy laws following a spate of high-profile data breaches in the private sector and questions over data...

WA Police to retain COVID border entry data for 25 years

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Western Australian police will retain personal information collected by the state’s COVID-19 border management system for at least 25 years, before archiving it indefinitely, the state government has...