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Joko dreams of tech platforms

Indonesian president Joko Widodo is only half-joking when he says the current weirdness in global politics was the result of the arrival of global entertainment phenomenon Netflix. He says...

Counter-terror targets new tech

The Australian Government and its southeast Asian neighbours will seek to coordinate laws around gathering and using electronic evidence to pursue terrorists in the region as part of a...

Labor’s big fat space promise

Federal Labor has unveiled a $35 million policy package to support the burgeoning Australian space sector, with a goal to double the size of the industry in five years....

Lion City links a smart deal

Malcolm Turnbull says Australia would continue to look to Singapore for smart city development ideas and inspirations. Speaking to media at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit on Friday, the Prime...

Adelaide lights up giga-future

At first glance, the City of Adelaide’s Ten Gigabit Adelaide project – where it has teamed up TPG Telecom to transform Adelaide into a “city of the future” –...

ASEAN-Aust in digital trade push

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has unveiled a digital standards cooperative initiative with Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) trade partners to work together to adopt and develop international standards...

Data61 sharpens ASEAN focus

The sun is rising over digital-centric industries in our fast developing southeast Asian neighbors and CSIRO has launched a report that targets a piece of the action as the...

The debate the nation must have

The trouble with worthy and weighty industry reports on the performance of our tech and innovation ecosystems is that they’re so heavy that within a few weeks they have...

Australia seeks ITU influence

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop and Communications Minister Mitch Fifield have announced that Australia will seek re-election to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council later this year. If Australia...

ASD’s Burgess slams mandarins

The new boss of the Australian Signals Directorate has come down hard on Federal agency chiefs who don’t put strong cyber risk management strategies in place. ASD director Mike...

Digital capability problems: Shetler

Every four weeks, more than one in eight Australians access government information and public services online. Nearly half of those users experience a problem in doing so, and a...

Preview: ASEAN Business Summit

Leaders from around south-east Asia will converge on Sydney over the weekend – with large trade delegations in tow – for a “historic and unprecedented” summit with a focus...

Women’s panel finally named

The federal government’s women’s advisory panel on innovation has met for the first time, more than a year after the initiative was first announced. The Industry, Innovation and Science...

Boom: Canada’s games sector

A range of new policies and incentives is required if Australia wants to follow in Canada’s footsteps and develop a world-leading games development industry, according to Entertainment Software Association...