In Australia, The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the John Holland Group, an infrastructure and construction firm, have turned to cloud data and AI platform Databricks to solve significant data fragmentation problems that were hindering their ability to draw insights from business data. Speaking at Databricks’ Data + AI World Tour in Sydney, Australia last...
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APG, Aware Super bet on digital infra mega trends | Alternatives | AsianInvestor
APG and Aware Super’s recent deal in the European digital infrastructure sector indicates growing appetite among asset owners to invest in sector opportunities with different risk-return levels while capitalising on evolving mega trends. The two asset owners, along with Stonepeak and the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO), participated in a $2.3 billion equity recapitalisation...
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Qantas profits descend as fares fall after Covid – ET Infra
SYDNEY: Australian airline Qantas on Thursday reported a slide in net profit as post-Covid fares dropped, but said it was working to rebuild its reputation after a string of public scandals. Net profit fell 28 percent to Aus$1.25 billion ($US849 million) for the financial year that ended June 30, the airline said. It blamed lower...
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‘It’s unbearable’: Sewage trucked daily from housing estates in Adelaide’s north will continue for years
Imagine purchasing your new home only for there to be minimal water infrastructure and for your sewage to be stored in a pit. Trucks come every day to remove the waste. This is the reality for more than 700 homes in the townships of Angle Vale, Virginia, Roseworthy and the suburb of Riverlea, where residents...
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States and territories to pay more for major infrastructure projects under secretive new deal
Queensland, South Australia and the ACT have signed up to a secretive five-year roads and railway deal that will force every state and territory taxpayer to bankroll a greater share of major infrastructure projects. In a series of agreements that are yet to be made public by the federal government, or the Labor-dominated state and...
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CSIRO & Google join forces to secure Australian infrastructure
CSIRO and Google have announced a research partnership aimed at bolstering the security of Australia’s critical infrastructure by addressing vulnerabilities in software supply chains. The partnership seeks to support critical infrastructure operators in meeting new legislative requirements that mandate the integrity and security of their software supply chains. It will focus on developing tools and...
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Google to help build cyber protection for Australian infrastructure
SYDNEY — Google and Australia’s national science agency said they will work together to develop software that automatically detects and fixes network vulnerabilities for operators of critical infrastructure, seeking to contend with a surge in cyberattacks. The software for organisations such as hospitals, defence bodies and energy suppliers will be customised to be in line with Australia’s regulatory...
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Google to help build cyber protection for Australian infrastructure
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Google and Australia’s national science agency said they will work together to develop software that automatically detects and fixes network vulnerabilities for operators of critical infrastructure, seeking to contend with a surge in cyberattacks. The software for organisations such as hospitals, defence bodies and energy suppliers will be customised...
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SOCI Act 2024: Insights on Critical Infrastructure
A rise in ransomware incidents and the embrace of artificial intelligence are considered potential data risks facing Australia’s critical infrastructure organisations, according to a new report. This news comes as new cyber security rules under the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 come into force in August 2024. The Critical Infrastructure Edition of the 2024...
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Sydney opens new driverless metro line – ET Infra
SYDNEY: Sydney’s new multi-billion-dollar driverless metro line officially opened to commuters on Monday. The first passenger service on the Sydney Metro City Line departed Sydenham station in Sydney’s inner western suburbs at 4:54 a.m. on Monday morning, travelling the 15.5 km tunnel under the central business district and Sydney harbour to arrive at Chatswood in...
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Watch: Luxon seeks Australian help to make progress on critical infrastructure
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been talking to media in Sydney, on the first stop on his third visit to Australia since taking office. Luxon began by saying the country has “an infrastructure deficit” which the government wanted to get on top of. Along with three of his ministers, he had met the New South...
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Luxon’s ‘pretty direct’ message for Albanese: Deportees and infrastructure on agenda at third meeting
Accompanying the Prime Minister in meetings at Beca will be Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop, Transport Minister Simeon Brown and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones. These three ministers are heavily involved in the Government’s “ambitious” pipeline of infrastructure projects, and the contentious RMA fast-track process. Luxon said when it comes to New Zealand’s infrastructure pipeline, the...