The Prime Minister has clearly got the man he wanted as the nation’s new Chief Scientist with the appointment of Dr Alan Finkel, who can claim not only a...
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Digital transformation for both government and business is not negotiable, according to newly-appointed Communications Minister Mitch Fifield. In his opening keynote address to the Telstra Digital Summit in Sydney,...
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NSW Premier Mike Baird has earmarked Sydney’s most coveted harbour-front development site as a technology sector hub, with the aim of attracting Tier One tech industry multinationals, as well...
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Yesterday I took a walk down memory lane. Enterprise software company BMC is holding its annual Australian user conference in Sydney, and I was able to catch up with...
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The government response to David Murray’s Financial System Inquiry was an awfully long time in coming. Its cross-the-board acceptance of the vast majority of its recommendations is welcome (and...
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It is apparent the revamped Government is committed to raise the effectiveness of the innovation system, and that the opposition also shares this ambition. The need for this transformation...
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“We’re listening” was the message clearly ringing out from Canberra today. Except it was being sung by the Innovation Minister Wyatt Roy, and Minister for Employment and Women Michaelia...
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Paul Shetler, the head of the government’s Digital Transformation Office, has unveiled the agency’s first projects. With no fanfare, the details were quietly disclosed on the DTO’s blog. Mr...
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If a company wants to foster innovation it needs to start with the right conversations. And until senior management kicks those off, it’s not going to happen. Malcolm Turnbull...
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Australia’s GDP is 8.5 per cent higher because of the impact of university education on the workforce – adding $140 billion to the nation’s coffers last year. The figure,...
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Australian Government ICT procurement is set to undergo its most radical overhaul since the 2008 Gershon Review of public sector tech spending and may include an Aussie version of...
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Having been quietly shelved two years ago, Australia’s plans to join the multilateral Open Government Partnership are being dusted off by Malcolm Turnbull and an announcement to formally sign-on...
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Newly-appointed Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy says his ‘policy hackathon’ is open to all parts of the tech eco-system, and is not reserved only for startups, but would...
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Jason Clare’s western Sydney electorate of Blaxland is in the Labor heartland, a seat once held by former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Its challenges are substantial, not least an...