Austrac, the Australian Government’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing agency wants to get better engaged with the financial sector and the broader community. The agency has been undergoing a...
Skills
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Last night at Sydney’s harbourside Museum of Contemporary Art ten Australian startups were chosen as winners in the inaugural Bridge to MassChallenge Australia competition. Three state governments – NSW,...
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To an industry reliant on cross-border flows of technical skills and creative expertise, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s populist new war on 457 visas should be viewed with concern. Any...
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Despite being home to nearly two-thirds of the nation’s startups and the headquarters of the lion’s share of multinational tech companies, Sydney has been surprisingly slow and silent on...
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The election of a new board at the Australian Information Industry Association – and the release of its financial statements at annual general meeting ten days ago has stirred...
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Protecting critical telecommunications infrastructure is a key national priority and to secure this vital asset the government has introduced new telecommunications security legislation into parliament. Cyber-attacks by hackers, criminals...
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Industry department deputy secretary David Hazlehurst and the Department of Human Services chief technology officer Charles McHardie have joined the Open Opportunity Forum keynote speaker list in Canberra for...
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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has been appointed to drive Australia’s commitments to the multilateral Open Government Partnership, despite the architects of the National Action Plan remaining in the Department...
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Curtin University is pulling out all stops to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. As one of Australia’s largest tertiary institutions, it aims to set the tone for undertaking research that...
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NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow told Senate Estimates last week that NBN Co is consulting on a new volume-based discount model that would be made available to individual Retail...
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Australia’s Ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma is in the country for a couple weeks, in part to drum up business for Austrade’s new startup ‘Landing Pad’ in Tel Aviv....
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The Australian Information Industry Association has a new chair, elected at its annual general meeting in Brisbane on Thursday 3 November. He is John Paitaridis, universally known as JP,...
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Given the sheer size of the Chinese market and the pointed focus on innovation and technology in serial government announcements in recent years, it had to happen sometime. Now...
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Just over half the world’s banking customers now interacting directly with FinTech companies, according to a new report from consultancy Capgemini. The figure is a little lower in Australia,...