The next twelve months should be a rip roaring ride for the technology and innovation scene in Australia and the world, full of disruption, instability and enormous opportunity. On...
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The Auditor-General has slapped the Australian Electoral Commission over its handling of aspects of the 2016 federal election, pointing to IT contracts that did not provide value for money and...
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Leeanne Enoch may no longer hold the Innovation portfolio, but she continues to take advantage of the state’s Advance Queensland initiative, launching a new challenge through Queensland’s Small Business...
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s bigger than expected ministerial reshuffle has delivered a new leadership team to its core innovation programs and reset expectations of what the industry can expect...
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Michaelia Cash will lead the government’s new innovation and jobs portfolio as part of Malcolm Turnbull’s Christmas cabinet reshuffle. The Prime Minister announced on Tuesday afternoon that Senator Cash...
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In recent years the federal government has noticeably taken next-step measures to protect the country from cyberattacks, whether it’s with the delivery of its cybersecurity strategy or investing $50...
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The confidential medical records of one in ten Australians were exposed by the Department of Health in a bungled release last year, a new report has revealed. The privacy...
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The CSIRO’s likeable chief executive Larry Marshall claims to be his own biggest critic, and says rigorous self-assessment is useful. But just in case he’s not harsh enough, there...
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As this giant of a year draws to a close, we are up to our elbows preparing the second annual InnovationAus.com Summer Reading List, which we’ll publish in our...
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Two years after Malcolm Turnbull unveiled the much-heralded $1.1 billion innovation statement, advocacy groups and the Opposition are calling on the government to reaffirm its commitment to the startup...
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It is two years and several Industry ministers after the Prime Minister unveiled with great fanfare his signature $1.1 billion National Innovation and Science Agenda, and the government is...
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Australia’s cyber security skills crisis won’t be solved by thinking conventionally and relying on traditional training methods or talent pools, said Sandra Ragg, Head of the Office of the...
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Australia needs to get its act together fast with its incubator and accelerator programs, produce and or import more electronic engineering geeks quickly, and fix its poor research commercialisation...
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Hot on the heels of Australia’s landmark $90 billion Naval Shipbuilding Plan, a debate has been raging about a new technology that will first supplement and eventually supplant many...