Tasmanian maritime college loses key Pacific training contract to Queensland TAFE
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The training contract is worth $36 million.
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Launceston s Australian Maritime College has lost a multi-million dollar defence contract for a patrol boat training program it has run for almost 30 years despite Tasmania s Minister for Defence Industries last year boasting the northern rivals could not match 28 years of action, experience, and expertise in Tasmania .
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TAFE Queensland has instead been awarded the $36 million-dollar contract
The AMC has run the Pacific Training Program for 28 years and there are now fears of job losses
The Pacific Maritime Security Program training delivered by the Australian Maritime College (AMC) since 1992 has trained 2,300 navy and police personnel in patrol boat operations.
Cybersecurity expert calls for replacement technology following Tasmanian ambulance patient data leak
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The unencrypted information came from pagers used by paramedics.
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A cybersecurity expert has called on the Tasmanian Government to replace its ambulance communication technology to prevent future breaches of confidential patient information.
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He says it is impossible to know how many people have accessed leaked data
The Shadow ICT Minister says the breach is a betrayal of Tasmanian s trust
The unencrypted information came from pagers being used by paramedics.
Darren Hopkins, a partner at McGrathNicol a national company which advises governments and businesses on cybersecurity risks said it was very difficult to protect sensitive data on radio because it was such old technology.