Category: InnovationAus

The government’s $1.7 billion cybersecurity strategy’s lack of focus on the local industry is “frustrating” and a “wasted opportunity”, according to CyRise chief executive Scott Handsaker. The strategy was finally launched late last week with a focus on protecting the nation’s essential infrastructure from cyber-attacks, handing additional powers to

In 2008 – the year that the first round of “Service Delivery Reform” was getting underway – my daughter had her first baby. The bureaucracy would come to call this ‘a life event’. At the time, I was the Chief Technology Architect of the Department of Human Services, responsible

More than a quarter of companies claiming the research and development tax incentive this quarter may have some of their offset clawed back if the government pushes ahead with its planned changes to the scheme, the Australian Taxation Office has confirmed. The Coalition announced plans to make a series

Australian law enforcement agencies are yet to use the coercive anti-encryption powers handed to them nearly two years ago, with Labor MPs questioning whether they are necessary at all. The Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (TOLA) Act provides law enforcement with new powers to compel tech companies to provide

Late last week (August 6), the Department of Home Affairs finally released the much anticipated Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020. It follows hot on the heels of the industry advisory panel’s recommendations report (July 21) which sought to feed 60 recommendations from industry into the 2020 Strategy. In my

If anyone were waiting on the Australian Government Cyber Security Strategy 2020 to include a set of industry policies that would help grow the local cyber security sector, they will have been massively disappointed. The strategy document, delivered by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton

The Australian Federal Police used its new encryption-busting powers only three times in the last year and is still yet to call on the more forceful elements of the controversial regime. The Telecommunications and Other Legislation Act (TOLA) hands powers to agencies and law enforcement to compel tech companies

The federal government has finally released its $1.7 billion 2020 Cyber Security Strategy, with initiatives including new laws to protect critical infrastructure, additional powers for police to target the ‘dark web’ and efforts to improve the cyber resilience of small business. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Home Affairs Minister

Lithium materials company Lithium Australia has demonstrated cost savings of between 20 and 30 per cent in chemical and reagent costs used to produce lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO) battery cathodes. The company, which is developing lithium mines, processing technologies, component manufacturing and battery recycling, demonstrated the savings at its

A sharp government focus on the research and development tax incentive – and not making any cuts to the popular scheme – is the most important thing it can do to help grow of the local tech industry, Blackbird Ventures’ co-founder Niki Scevak says. Blackbird Ventures has just announced

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has issued a warning on the threats posed by foreign interference, cyber-attacks and disinformation in the Indo-Pacific region, as the federal government prepares to unveil its new cybersecurity strategy. In a virtual address to the ASPEN Security Forum on Wednesday, Mr Morrison flagged the growing

In what seems to be a common occurrence, Chinese video-sharing app TikTok is once again in the headlines. After months of speculation about national security risks and users’ data being harvested by the Chinese Communist Party, US President Donald Trump has announced plans to ban TikTok in the United States any day now. In