Malcolm Turnbull’s singular achievement on the Abbott frontbench was the pulling apart of the National Broadband Network, and like Dr Frankenstein, putting together various bits and pieces to create...
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So here’s what has happened so far. On Sunday morning the Prime Minister called for an election to be held on July 2. It’s now Tuesday evening and I...
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The Labor party will need to dramatically reforge its rhetoric around fostering innovation if it wants to snag votes from the tech sector at the July 2 double dissolution...
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Shares in ASX-listed geospatial mapping and visual analytics company Nearmap soared nearly 30 per cent recently on the back of a positive quarterly financial update. Its shares are now...
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With Australia having entered a faux election campaign, the time is ripe for a faux election preview. InnovationAus.com has been out testing the temperature of the ‘innovation electorate’ to...
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Former IBM services legend Doug Elix’s return to an active high-profile participatory role within the Aussie innovation ecosystem is a huge boost for the sector. His appointment as co-chairman...
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Charlotte Yarkoni certainly has the credentials to be the real US tech deal, studying computer engineering at top tier colleges in her home country, first at University of California’s...
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The NSW Government’s data analytics centre – ‘the DAC’ as it has come to be known – is off to a flyer with the appointment of a new advisory board...
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While the Australian Government’s industry policy has hitched its wagon to the single word ‘innovation,’ the United States is taking a broader view with a more rounded approach to...
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Telstra chief executive Andy Penn’s ambitious bid to recast the telco as a technology company is underway, with former Nokia chief and senior Microsoft executive Stephen Elop starting work...
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The Australian Information Industry Association was overdue for a reboot when new Chief Executive Rob Fitzpatrick took over two months ago. In the time since, he has been on...
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The tortured journey of what could have been one of Australia defining infrastructure projects, a digital Snowy River project as someone once referred to it, is taking yet another...
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Health care and how to fund it was a hot political topic last week. But only the week before NBN Co had been providing its own input, promoting telehealth...
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Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy certainly gets around. He’s been popping up all over the place recently, bringing his youthful enthusiasm to the Turnbull Government’s innovation agenda. Monday...