Big Tech is on the nose in large parts of the community which does not trust its motives and fails to recognise its promise, according to Labor digital economy...
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Startups and tech companies have been ditched from the government’s reforms to the copyright safe harbour scheme, in a move that advocacy group StartupAus says risks losing promising early-stage...
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As government departments undergo their own digital transformation and focus on delivering improved citizen services, Macquarie Government managing director Aidan Tudehope says it is a timely opportunity for the...
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Digital Transformation Agency chief digital officer Peter Alexander concedes that robust criticism by SMEs of the Digital Marketplace is not unreasonable. Mr Alexander says the underwhelming recent findings of...
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The federal government will finally deliver its response to the “zombie” report on the Australian games development industry by the end of the year, more than 20 months after...
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The federal government has released the first statistics on the effectiveness of its $100 million angel investor tax incentives scheme introduced nearly 18 months ago. Advocacy group StartupAus has...
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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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Every year the Australian Financial Review publishes the Fast 100, a list of the fastest growing companies in Australia over the preceding three years. Top of the list in...
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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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Educational organisations around the country have signed up to new national standards for cyber security training in an effort to address Australia’s “critical” skills gap. The guidelines ensure a...
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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...
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At first glance, Christmas trees aren’t particularly innovative. They’ve been around for centuries, and their lighting has transitioned from candles to incandescent, and now LEDs. But that’s about it....
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While Australian regulators grapple with how to best manage the legalities surrounding blockchain tech, financial services giant Commonwealth Bank of Australia is preparing to launch what it claims will...
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David Thodey uses the word ‘wonderful’ often – to describe Australia’s research, opportunities, education, skills and assets. The fact he doesn’t use the word to describe the NBN is...