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Telco challenger Swoop has acquired conduit and fibre assets in Western Australia worth $500,000, which is expected to deliver an additional $1.2 million revenue for the company over the next three years.

Five people have been taken into custody in Australia and 32 others overseas on suspicion of being as part of a cyber-crime platform used for credential theft.

WesTrac, one of the world’s largest authorised Caterpillar equipment dealers, has successfully implemented a Dematic automated piece picking system for industrial supplies solution, transforming operations and enhancing efficiency and productivity at its Tomago warehouse in New South Wales.

Security provider Certis Australia has appointed Brett Pickens as its new Chief Executive.

Demand for executives positions in Australia had its largest fall in six months according to the latest monthly report on the availability of jobs for middle Australia by the EL Group HR consulting firm, which also forecasts a “big fallout” in jobs heading into 2024.

Telstra announced it will invest $24 million to improve the connectivity and infrastructure of Western Australia’s Pilbara region in the coming next year.

Western Australia's Edith Cowan University (ECU) has officially launched the WA Cyber Security Innovation Hub, to be known as CyberWest, as the state's newly revamped,cyber security centre. 

A new online learning program developed by the CSIRO is now available to Western Australia-based small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the agrifood sector, designed to help support their research, product development and innovation ambitions.

Australian road-safety technology company Acusensus has announced that it is expanding to the United States as the country invests heavily in highway improvements.

AWS has launched its first AWS Local Zones in Australia, based in Perth. The AWS Local Zone is an infrastructure that places AWS compute, storage, database, and other services closer to key customers allowing them to deploy apps that require single-digit millisecond latency.

Telco Singtel Optus has agreed to reimburse the costs of a new driving licence for NSW residents who were hit by the telco's catastrophic data breach.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has switched on a $300 million telecommunications cable directly linking Western Australia to key global markets.

The State Government of Western Australia has awarded Edith Cowan University scientists a $150,000 grant to work alongside leading artificial intelligence companies to design technology that teaches defence force robots to read hand gestures.

IT and digital recruitment agency Peoplebank has published its August 2022 salary index for the digital industry, noting there is a rise in demand in IT talent in Queensland and Western and South Australia.

A team of researchers led by Western Australia’s Curtin University have joined forces to develop an artificial intelligence tool to improve the maintenance of marine structures such as jetties and ports impacted by corrosion.

Technology services business Atturra subsidiary Anatas has agreed to acquire OpenText specialist Hayes Information Systems and Communications for more than $16 million.

Researchers will work to deliver the first-ever optical communications from a 1U CubeSat based on the technology behind Western Australia’s Binar-1 spacecraft as the result of a new partnership between Curtin University’s Space Science and Technology Centre and laser communications company Chascii.

Mental health service Bethesda Health Care has announced its new mental health clinic in the Perth suburb of Cockburn, Western Australia, will be the first medical facility in Australia to install Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare as its Patient Administration System (PAS), with Velrada – Microsoft’s growth partner of the year – as its implementation partner.

A powerful radio-wave laser, called a ‘megamaser’, has been observed by the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa, with the record-breaking find claimed as the most distant megamaser of its kind ever detected, at about five billion light years from Earth.

Legal Aid Western Australia (WA) has selected software company OpenText Extended ECM platform to improve client service delivery through better information management and enhanced collaboration.