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ACS, the professional association for Australia’s technology sector, has given a tick of approval to the Federal Government’s commitment to widen the pipeline of talent available to the science and technology sectors.

The ACCC is seeking feedback on ways to reduce significant safety risks associated with products commonly used to place babies to sleep.

The financial and emotional devastation caused by scams every year in Australia can be reduced if government, consumer groups and the private sector work together to make Australia a much harder target for scammers, according to ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb.

Data security and analytics company Varonis has appointed Zane Lockley to a newly created role of channel director ANZ.

Mantel Group, through its data, analytics, and machine learning brand, Eliiza, has acquired machine learning as a service provider, otso.ai.

AUCLoud in partnership with NextDC is lighting up a Sovereign Bridge across the country to provide government and critical national industries with secure high-speed access to sovereign cloud services.

Australia has a new Federal Minister for Communications in Michelle Rowland, the ALP member for Greenway in Sydney's northwest.

Global technology consultancy Thoughtworks has been selected by the New South Wales (NSW) Government to develop and deploy the “world’s first” digital birth certificate which it says will provide citizens with highly-secure, anytime, anywhere access.

Originally meant to be held in February but postponed to May 11 and 12 due to COVID, the Tech In Gov conference in Canberra has clearly been a success, with a packed expo area during conference breaks, and tons of top companies in attendance.

GUEST INTERVIEW: The idea of using private wireless networks instead of Wi-Fi, LANs or carrier-operated wireless networks has taken root in recent years. iTWIre discussed the issue with Federated Wireless CTO Kurt Schaubach.

Independent Senator Rex Patrick has called on both the government and the opposition to amend laws governing telecommunications in Australia and make mobile coverage part of the universal service obligation.

There is a large and growing demand for government services across Australia with the public comfortable using personalised artificial intelligence, according to the inaugural Publicis Sapient Digital Citizen survey.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Bernard Evans, the sales director of physical identity access management at HID Global explains the company in 2022 and its moves to open doors into the government sector with a range of enhanced products and services.

The Federal Government has revealed a plan to place GPS trackers on high-risk domestic and family violence perpetrators across Australia. This follows a trial in Tasmania which was regarded as highly successful.

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2022 has come out as 4.0%, which is a further drop from January’s 4.2%. It is the lowest jobless rate since August 2008 and the global financial crisis of that year and comes amid a further easing of COVID-19 restrictions.

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has today begun hearing evidence from critical industries and government agencies on proposed new laws to protect Australia’s infrastructure from sophisticated cyber attacks.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Delv have been industry-leading experts in mobility, security and managed services since 2006, providing technology innovation across a range of industries and high-profile Government agencies and large public sector companies, and its CEO, Masseh Haidary, joined us at iTWireTV to explain more.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Delv have been industry-leading experts in mobility, security and managed services since 2006, providing technology innovation across a range of industries and high-profile Government agencies and large public sector companies, and its CEO, Masseh Haidary, joined us at iTWireTV to explain more.

With tensions mounting in Ukraine, the New York Department of Financial Services and the European Central Bank are alerting governments, businesses, and financial institutions to prepare for a possible state-sponsored cyber attack from Russia.

Australian federal government agencies have less than five months to comply with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) mandate to adopt e-invoicing by 1 July 2022, which will be a game-changer for government and business across the country and may help the nation’s economic recovery, according to SAP Concur.