If you were a tech giant that had set up data centres in the Middle East because of the cheap fossil-fuel power and permissive regulatory environment, you might now be looking wistfully at Australia. Right …
South Korea is digitally sophisticated, technically capable and deeply invested in modern digital government systems. In September 2025, when a fire tore through a government-linked data centre in Daejeon, what followed was a clear failure …
The concept is probably unfamiliar, but it underpins much of the world’s security—in telecommunications, banking and national security. It’s entity resolution (ER), the technology for consolidating disparate data about someone or something, which isn’t nearly …
Australia lacks secure, onshore computing power capable of training defence algorithms, running classified simulations or supporting the advanced capability agenda under the AUKUS partnership. Addressing this shortfall requires the government and industry to move decisively …
Australia’s surprisingly low June-quarter inflation has reignited talk of rate cuts, but a soft landing is not a national strategy. Beneath the economic relief lies a harsher truth: productivity is stalling, sovereign capability is eroding, …




