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Former Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has admitted the Queensland Government bought the wrong system to run its $1.2 billion health payroll, leading to a long-running and expensive debacle.
Real results in game of recovery
The world's largest trial of computer games for stroke rehabilitation is underway at Australian hospitals.
Banks pay billions for forex rig
The reputation of international banking has taken another wallop, with fines imposed on major banks for rigging foreign exchange markets.
PayPal pays for sneaky credit claims
PayPal is making millions of dollars in repayments to customers it left short through a range of questionable practises.
SA opens digital doors to better service
The Government of South Australia has made a bold move toward more open and transparent services, with a new website detailing what it offers and how it performs.
Drought-shaming sheds light on heavy drinkers
A new, ecologically-minded trend is emerging on the internet, as activists use digital means to shame wealthy water-wasters.
Getting a fix on quantum switch
An international team featuring Australian researchers has released a study looking at how quantum matter changes when it makes a ‘quantum phase transition’.
Macfarlane moves research into favoured fields
The Federal Government has acknowledged that Co-operative Research Centres earn more than they cost, but will cut funding to them anyway.
Printable radios as new use for graphene
British engineers have printed a radio frequency antenna using compressed graphene ink, in what could be one of the first commercial applications for the high-tech material.
Data access pushed to Border
The Federal Government has quietly expanded the already significant amount of agencies that are allowed unwarranted access to the private data of all Australians.
Freedom risked in anti-piracy crusade
A federal parliamentary committee says proposed legislation to force ISPs to block sites like The Pirate Bay could limit freedom of expression.
Netflix priority plan could hurt equal internet
Australian ISPs could allocate more bandwidth to Netflix and other major customers, despite concerns about net neutrality.
New chatter on silent TPP talks
The United States is moving to fast-track the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), while the residents of other signatory nations demand to know what is in store.
Solar road scores high in early tests
Reports are in from a trial of a solar power generating road in Europe, and it appears ot have gone quite well.
Tech edge taken on NZ's new designs
The rebuilding of Christchurch's earthquake-ravaged CBD has been delayed by several years, but residents will soon get a high-tech preview of what’s to come.
Turnbull joins tech education bandwagon
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has backed Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s call to increase STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education by teaching kids to code.
Optus to splurge on growing mobile market
Optus will invest more than $1.75 billion in mobile phone infrastructure to overcome stagnant profits from the past year.
57-storey super-build sets pre-fab benchmark
A Chinese construction company has put together the world’s tallest pre-fab tower in less than three weeks.
AusPost to make most of digital offerings
Australia Post is partnering with QUT to explore the savings and other opportunities of digital transformation.
Health-bot hacked to find flaws
Researchers have hacked into a remotely-operated surgical robot, to see what chaos could be caused by such a high-tech hijacking.
HoloLens hailed as architecture aid
Microsoft’s new wearable hologram projector could revolutionise building and architecture.