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The overhaul should cut manual processing and give miners a single digital route for licences, compliance, royalties and approvals across South Australia.
AI helps connect Australia's fragmented property data
Buyers could spend less time trawling separate planning, titles and valuation systems as AI begins joining up property records across Australia's states.
Actuaries institute backs intergenerational report push
Younger Australians face mounting pressure from housing, tax and climate costs as the Actuaries Institute urges ongoing policy reform.
Women in Technology unveils Queensland awards winners
Nearly 200 nominations led to honours for women, allies and teams across Queensland's STEM sectors at the 29th annual awards.
Australian firms lag in AI value despite rising spend
Many Australian companies are still failing to translate rising AI budgets into measurable gains, with 37% showing no meaningful value.
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Lower revenues and higher AI costs are challenges for Australian design software company Canva to maintain growth as it mulls IPO.
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Financial firms could cut delays in reconciliation changes as business users build controls without coding and test them before they go live.
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The shortlist underlines growing demand for outsourced hiring support as employers weigh recruitment costs, flexibility and retention outcomes.
ANZ warns businesses of AI scams & impersonation fraud
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Fascinated by the technology industry after a visit to a Computer Faire in 1998, Donovan Jackson first worked as a public relations consultant for enterprise software and hardware distribution companies in 2000, then as a journalist for IDG-affiliated channel and trade publications, and as a producer of commercial content as an agency owner through the 2000s and 2010s. He has served as ITBrief editor in the last days of the printed magazine, and has a long association with TechDay as a contributor to special projects. Donovan has wide interests spanning technology, philosophy, bicycles, literature, psychology, motorcycles, travel, geography, history, general knowledge, and various combinations of these and other subjects.
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It aims to help firms cut admin and keep client work consistent as AI agents proliferate inside large organisations.
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MSPs expect AI revenue to surge as services mature
AI is set to become a bigger profit driver for managed service providers, with nearly a third forecasting revenue growth of more than 20% next year.
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Sumo Logic adds AI tools to cut telemetry costs upstream
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