Gilmour Space Technologies has taken another big step toward its first orbital launch with chief executive officer Adam Gilmour expected on Wednesday to announce that the company had been given final approvals for its maiden test flight. The company is understood to have been given a green light from the
Large government technology projects should be broken up into smaller bundles of work and delivered in an agile way with sustainment and upgrade funding factored in from the start, according to a committee that dissected a series of Canberra tech wrecks. While the audit committee reserved its final recommendations for
Cloud and networking policies used to help secure the federal government’s vast IT estate will be consolidated as part of a new joined-up framework being developed by the Department of Home Affairs. A gateway policy initially designed to support the transition to the now-scrapped Cyber Hubs program will be the
The national corruption watchdog will investigate referrals it received from the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, reversing its controversial earlier decision to not pursue them. On Tuesday, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) said it will launch inquiries into six unnamed persons to determine if they engaged in corrupt conduct.
Privacy and Indigenous affairs experts have bolstered the board advising Services minister Katy Gallagher on delivery and technology ahead of its first meeting of 2025 on Wednesday. Former national privacy watchdog Malcolm Crompton and Indigenous health expert Dr Scott Winch were announced as new additions to the advisory board on
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund has boosted its stake in Canberra Data Centres, the largest provider of data centre services to the federal government, in a transaction that values the company at $17 billion. The Future Fund reached an agreement on Monday to acquire almost half of the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation’s
The Tasmanian government will use its new cybersecurity strategy to help grow the state’s pool of cyber professionals by forging new partnerships with industry and the University of Tasmania. The four-year plan, unveiled on Monday, will also see the government build out a shared cyber governance and operating model adopted
The Digital Transformation Agency has ruled out future cross-government trials of generative AI products just months after more than 7,600 public servants tested Microsoft Copilot. The decision, which puts the tech giant further in the box seat with the federal government, comes despite assurances from the agency’s top brass that
The future of the ANU’s data science research centre hangs in the balance due to $55 million in innovation funding cuts that have already claimed the university’s tech policy centre and an uplift of its health and medical research. InnovationAus.com can reveal discussions have dragged for months over resourcing for
The Greens have lashed a slow down on Australia’s plan to start charging online platforms that refuse to pay for news content, following a report the government is going slow to appease a Trump administration. The government did not reject a report on Monday that it had “paused” the development
Adjunct Professor and scale up specialist Peter Rossdeutscher has been appointed the federal government’s top innovation adviser after decades working across the quantum, mining, robotics, and startup sectors. The current Quantum Australia chair, Mr Rossdeutscher was named as the new chair of Industry Innovation and Science Australia (IISA) on Monday
A University of Queensland startup has commercialised a new energy efficient and environmentally friendly processing technology that enables copper to be extracted from previously unviable, low-quality resources. The company, Banksia Minerals Processing, was put together by UQ’s commercialisation company UniQuest, and has backing from the Australian ...
Gilmour Space Technologies has taken another big step toward its first orbital launch with chief executive officer Adam Gilmour expected on Wednesday to announce that the company had been given final approvals for its maiden test flight. The company is understood to have been given a green light from the
Large government technology projects should be broken up into smaller bundles of work and delivered in an agile way with sustainment and upgrade funding factored in from the start, according to a committee that dissected a series of Canberra tech wrecks. While the audit committee reserved its final recommendations for
Cloud and networking policies used to help secure the federal government’s vast IT estate will be consolidated as part of a new joined-up framework being developed by the Department of Home Affairs. A gateway policy initially designed to support the transition to the now-scrapped Cyber Hubs program will be the
The national corruption watchdog will investigate referrals it received from the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, reversing its controversial earlier decision to not pursue them. On Tuesday, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) said it will launch inquiries into six unnamed persons to determine if they engaged in corrupt conduct.
Privacy and Indigenous affairs experts have bolstered the board advising Services minister Katy Gallagher on delivery and technology ahead of its first meeting of 2025 on Wednesday. Former national privacy watchdog Malcolm Crompton and Indigenous health expert Dr Scott Winch were announced as new additions to the advisory board on
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund has boosted its stake in Canberra Data Centres, the largest provider of data centre services to the federal government, in a transaction that values the company at $17 billion. The Future Fund reached an agreement on Monday to acquire almost half of the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation’s
The Tasmanian government will use its new cybersecurity strategy to help grow the state’s pool of cyber professionals by forging new partnerships with industry and the University of Tasmania. The four-year plan, unveiled on Monday, will also see the government build out a shared cyber governance and operating model adopted
The Digital Transformation Agency has ruled out future cross-government trials of generative AI products just months after more than 7,600 public servants tested Microsoft Copilot. The decision, which puts the tech giant further in the box seat with the federal government, comes despite assurances from the agency’s top brass that
The future of the ANU’s data science research centre hangs in the balance due to $55 million in innovation funding cuts that have already claimed the university’s tech policy centre and an uplift of its health and medical research. InnovationAus.com can reveal discussions have dragged for months over resourcing for
The Greens have lashed a slow down on Australia’s plan to start charging online platforms that refuse to pay for news content, following a report the government is going slow to appease a Trump administration. The government did not reject a report on Monday that it had “paused” the development
Adjunct Professor and scale up specialist Peter Rossdeutscher has been appointed the federal government’s top innovation adviser after decades working across the quantum, mining, robotics, and startup sectors. The current Quantum Australia chair, Mr Rossdeutscher was named as the new chair of Industry Innovation and Science Australia (IISA) on Monday
A University of Queensland startup has commercialised a new energy efficient and environmentally friendly processing technology that enables copper to be extracted from previously unviable, low-quality resources. The company, Banksia Minerals Processing, was put together by UQ’s commercialisation company UniQuest, and has backing from the Australian ...