Denham Sadler

 A large-scale digital transformation project within the Victorian courts is running three years late and is more than $30 million over budget, as it grapples with an increasing scope and complexity. The Victorian Government’s Digital Dashboard now lists the project to implement a new case management system (CMS) at the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria and the Children’s Court of Victoria as in “red” status, meaning there are “serious issues” that are beyond the project manager’s control. The program to replace the courts’ legacy IT systems, some of which are more than three decades old, is being run by the Magistrates’ and Children’s courts, with support from Court Services Victoria.

The Australian privacy watchdog is taking Medibank to court over the insurer's 2022 data breach, alleging the company did not adequately protect the data of its customers before the hack, which impacted nearly 10 million people. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) on Wednesday said it has filed civil penalty proceedings in Federal Court against Medibank, 18 months after it launched its investigation into Australia’s largest private health insurer. The Federal Court will be able to apply a $2.22 million fine for each proven breach of the Privacy Act.

The Ukraine crisis and recent significant data breaches have proved to be test cases for Australia’s landmark new critical infrastructure regime. Recent cyber-attacks on Optus and Medibank have highlighted the devastating impact that a breach of a critical infrastructure provider can have. This was already recognised by the federal government last year, and earlier this year, with the passage of a series of legislation focusing on the security of critical infrastructure. These new rules expanded the sectors and businesses defined as critical infrastructure by the government, and placed significant new requirements on them, including around cybersecurity. Industries now included under critical infrastructure include electricity, communications, data storage and processing, financial services and markets, water, healthcare and medical, higher education and research, food and grocery, transport, space tech and the defence industry. The new laws require companies in these fields to maintain a critical infras

New South Wales-based tech company Invertigo has won the Food Agritech category at the InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence for its novel and innovative solution to the world’s global food security struggles. The InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence were presented on Thursday night at a gala…

Arkwright Technologies has won the Defence and Defence-Related Capability category at the InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence for its use of fibre optic sensors to make dangerous environments safer. The InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence were presented on Thursday night at a gala black-tie dinner at the Cutaway in Sydney’s Barangaroo district. The Defence and Defence-Related Capability category honoured leading companies operating in one of the most innovative sectors in the country. This category shone a spotlight on some of the best products, services and innovations created through collaborations between defence research and industry. Arkwright Technologies was born out of just that, with Professor John Arkwright incorporating the company in 2015 and being given full rights to his and his team’s fibre optic sensing research from his time working at the CSIRO.

Sydney company Samsara Eco has won the Energy and Renewables category at the InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence for its innovative infinite recycling solution. The InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence were presented on Thursday night at a gala black-tie dinner at the Cutaway in Sydney’s Barangaroo district. Tech companies will play a central role in Australia reaching its net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal, which has now been baked into legislation. The passing of that bill this ye…

Sydney tech firm Samsara Eco has taken out the top award at the InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence, winning the Australian Hero category for its pioneering infinite recycling technology. The InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence were presented on Thursday night at a gala black-tie dinner at…

Sydney-based tech company Ai-Media has won the Creative Tech category at the InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence for its pioneering innovations focusing on improving accessibility. The InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence were presented on Thursday night at a gala black-tie dinner at the Cu…

Adelaide firm DTEX has won the Cybersecurity category at the InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence for its human-focused security solutions. The InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence were presented on Thursday night at a gala black-tie dinner at the Cutaway in Sydney’s Barangaroo district. The…

Melbourne startup Sleeptite has won the Digital Health and Health Tech category at the InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence for its innovative monitoring technology assisting in the aged care sector. The InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence were presented on Thursday night at a gala black-ti…

Canberra-based Quantum Brilliance has won the Manufacturing Innovation category at the InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence for its work to make quantum computing an accessible, everyday technology. The InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence were presented on Thursday night at a gala black-tie…

Adelaide-based company Fivecast has won the Software Innovation category at the InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence for its use of tech innovations to foster a safer world. The InnovationAus 2022 Awards for Excellence were presented on Thursday night at a gala black-tie dinner at the Cutaway in…

The last two and a half years have demonstrated the importance of constant innovations and technological developments in the health and medical sectors. Digital health and health-tech startups have grown in prominence throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, and there’s never been more funding on offer to…

Australia is a naturally creative country. Creative technology provides an opportunity to combine this natural creativity with cutting-edge technology to create efficient, productive and fun solutions and services across a wide range of industries. The Creative Tech award at the 2022 InnovationAus A…

Cybersecurity has been thrust into the spotlight in Australia in recent months. The Optus and Medibank hacks among others have demonstrated the devastating impact a data breach can have. These high-profile breaches also underline the importance for all organisations in ensuring they have best-practi…

Manufacturing has been positioned as a core focus in Australia’s recovery from the economic shocks of the Covid pandemic. It was front and centre throughout the recent election campaign, with money thrown at it by both sides of politics. The new Labor government is now establishing a $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund, and has established the Our Future Made in Australia policy, positioning manufacturing as the driver to diversify and transform Australian industry and the economy. With pri…

It’s been more than a decade since Marc Andreessen famously said that software is eating the world. And he has been well and truly proved correct in the years since. Software is revolutionising every industry, and innovations in the field are helping to set companies apart from the pack. Australian…

The passing of Australia’s climate change bill in mid-September marked a watershed moment for the energy and renewables sector. The bill legislates Australia’s net-zero emissions commitments and codifies its net-zero 2030 and 2050 greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets. In making these commitme…

Growing up, Alex Jones was unable to access the same things and media as his friends. Mr Jones was born deaf, spurring a passion for improving accessibility across his life. He eventually met Tony Abrahams, an advocate for people with disability, and the pair launched Ai-Media in 2003, a New South W…

The ClimateTech sector represents a massive opportunity, for no other reason than it to addresses massive climate challenges. But despite this, activity in the ClimateTech sector remains “so far off the pace it’s a joke”, and is a long way from what is needed for the world to make an impact in meeting those challenges, according to RACE for 2030 CRC chief executive Jonathan Jutsen. The world needs to be on what he calls a “war footing” in relation to investing in new research and innovation to a…