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Australian defence and tech group Sovereign Australian Prime Alliance (SAPA) has welcomed the signing of the Australian Government’s first-ever orbital launch permit by the Minister for industry and Science, Ed Husic.

Cloud, cyber security, retail solutions and managed IT services provider Canary Technology Solutions has acquired Brisbane-based Managed IT Services provider Wyntec.

Australia’s east coast gas market is forecast to have a surplus of between 69 and 110 petajoules in 2025 if Queensland’s LNG producers export all of their uncontracted gas, the ACCC’s latest gas inquiry report shows.

The ACCC has published a Statement of Issues outlining its preliminary competition concerns with Icon Group’s proposed acquisitions of leases at St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital in Queensland, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside in Chermside, Queensland and St John of God Geelong Hospital in Victoria.

Five people have been taken into custody in Australia and 32 others overseas on suspicion of being as part of a cyber-crime platform used for credential theft.

Australia’s east coast gas market is expected to have a six petajoule (PJ) surplus in the third quarter of 2024, even if the three LNG producers export all their uncontracted gas, according to the March 2024 interim gas inquiry report by the competition watchdog, the ACCC.

Department of Transport and Main Roads Queensland (DTMR) has implemented an “innovative mobile application” from Motorola Solutions to enable its transport inspectors to work more efficiently while increasing safety on Queensland’s roads.

Australian internet provider Telstra announced it has signed a new power purchase agreement (PPA) with developer Global Power Generation to construct a solar farm near Bundaberg, Queensland, claiming the agreement will enable renewable energy generation equivalent to 100% of its consumption by 2025.

Demand for executives positions in Australia had its largest fall in six months according to the latest monthly report on the availability of jobs for middle Australia by the EL Group HR consulting firm, which also forecasts a “big fallout” in jobs heading into 2024.

Broadband operator NBN Co has signed a third renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) that will underwrite the construction of a new 120MW solar farm in southeast Queensland.

Executive employment is falling and that doesn’t bode well for the future of the Australian economy, according to Grant Montgomery, Managing Director of human resources consultancy E.L Blue, publishers of the E.L. Executive Demand Index.

In a worrying sign for general employment levels, the demand for executives has fallen across the country, according to the latest Executive Demand Index from E.L.Blue, the Human Resource outsourcing firm and part of the E.L Consult group .

Australian waste management contractor JJ's Waste and Recycling is testing out a Volvo FE Electric truck for waste collection.

The competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has decided not to grant merger authorisation for ANZ Banking Group (ASX:ANZ) to acquire Suncorp Group’s (ASX:SUN) banking arm.

Victoria will run a pilot of digital driving licences in Ballarat before rolling it out to the entire state.

Fujitsu has completed the full integration of data, analytics & AI consultancy Versor one year after acquiring the company in April 2021.

Technology service provider Somerville has been appointed as an approved supplier partner with Queensland procurement company LocalBuy.

Australian road-safety technology company Acusensus has announced that it is expanding to the United States as the country invests heavily in highway improvements.

Telco Singtel Optus has agreed to reimburse the costs of a new driving licence for NSW residents who were hit by the telco's catastrophic data breach.

Almost nine months after it experienced what it terms a "cyber incident", private pathology practice Medlab Pathology has issued a statement about the incident in which Medicare details and credit card numbers of staff and patients were stolen.