If you’re a female entrepreneur right now in Australia, there are plenty of reasons optimistic about the future, according to Blue Sky Alternate Investments’ VC chief Elaine Stead. That’s...
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The Performance Review of the Australian Innovation, Science and Research System 2016 is, like its name, a very lengthy document. It seeks to provide a comprehensive profile of the...
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Four months after plans were unveiled for a powerful new program management office within the Digital Transformation Agency to oversee the Commonwealth’s $6 billion-plus annual technology spend, the unit...
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The already hot market for cybersecurity skills is likely to get super-heated in coming months – especially for board-level executives with tech and change management expertise – as a...
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If you wanted to comment on the Productivity Commission’s draft report from its inquiry into Australia’s Intellectual Property arrangements, that opportunity has now passed. The long-anticipated report was released...
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Victorian Innovation Minister Philip Dalidakis has drawn a line in the sand on gender diversity, saying the issue is a core priority for the government this year and will...
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The Australian Signals Directorate has updated its baseline cybersecurity procedures for the first time in three years, with the government intelligence agency now advising all businesses to disable Flash...
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The departure of cybersecurity leader Lynwen Connick from the department of Prime Minister and Cabinet will leave a huge gap in public service capability, if not also in energy...
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In one of his first major speeches as Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Arthur Sinodinos will open the InnovationAus.com Women in VC forum in Sydney with a keynote...
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The government has formally tried to congratulate itself in the Parliament on its digital transformation of services in a sign of either “irony or grand self-delusion,” according to the...
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Australia has some alarmingly poor innovation performance indicators and nailing down the methods for improving them will lead to some sharp debate as Innovation Science Australia constructs its strategic...
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The Trans Pacific Partnership was supposed to set the tone for trade and growth in the region. Now that it’s been suddenly nixed by US President Donald Trump, the...
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The City of Sydney has performed a backflip (with pike) regarding stewardship of its innovation and digital transformation agenda. Just days ago, Jess Scully, the Sydney Councillor hand-picked by...
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As Jack Ma’s visionary words rang out across the crowd of 400-odd CEOs gathered to witness the opening of the Alibaba Australia and New Zealand office in Melbourne over...