The lines are forming on the battleground of the 21st century. Cyber security is emerging as a major point of tension between nations, and as a significant area of...
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In this exclusive interview, freshly-minted Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy told InnovationAus.com that he will host a weekend ‘government hackathon,’ drawing together the disparate interests of the tech...
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Australia’s former Ambassador to China Geoff Raby is now chairman of Australian technology firm Smartrans Ltd amongst a raft of other, mainly China related, board positions, but cautions that...
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In May 2011, in his final months as Australia’s Ambassador to China, Geoff Raby –one of Australia’ most outspoken diplomats in recent years – delivered the withering put down...
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On the afternoon of September 14, when Malcolm Turnbull made his successful pitch to replace Tony Abbott as Prime Minister, he chose to use Labor’s opposition to FTA as...
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Australia is about to sign up to a massive new trade deal that virtually nobody knows anything about. It is called the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), and...
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Perhaps the main attraction to Singapore, the city-state pulling out all the stops to become the technology hub of Southeast Asia, is simple: money. Not only is Singapore full...
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It’s not often Australia hosts the global CEO of a multinational technology outfit. That changed briefly last week when networking giant Huawei’s chief executive, Ken Hu, shared a platform...
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Australia’s Significant Investor Visa program is short-sighted and undervalues the strength of the Australia-China economic relationship, according to influential billionaire Chinese businessman Xiao Wunan. The SIV program, through which...
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Incoming CSIRO chairman and former Telstra chief executive David Thodey has called for a national policy framework and agenda for the technology sector that encompasses the federal and state...
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There has been plenty of noise about Australia’s free trade agreement with China, the awkward looking ChAFTA, in the eight weeks since it was signed in mid-June. But there...
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National Australia Bank has announced a $50 million investment fund called NAB Ventures to design and build new banking systems. “The fund will enable us to access leading ideas...
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Hong Kong has dramatically stepped up efforts to attract global founders to the former British colony to build companies, using its proximity to the electronics manufacturing industry in China...
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Telstra Ventures, the investment arm of Australia’s largest telco, will place its first person on the ground in Asia by the end of August with the addition of a...