News

Smart cities are people and tech

The idea of smart cities has been around for a decade or more. In recent years, with the rise of the Internet of Things, the term has increasingly become...

Protests widen on Centrelink fail

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon to fight the automated Centrelink debt recovery system, vowing maintain the rage until the program is abolished and Ministers Alan...

LaunchVic unveils $5m in new grants

The Victorian Government has contributed a further $4.9 million in funding to seven local projects aimed at growing the startup and innovation sectors as part of the second round...

New trade crew for Singapore

It’s all out change in Singapore right now when it comes to senior Australian diplomats and business leaders. Australia’s most important partner in Southeast Asia is the scene of...

CSIRO to open five US offices

Australia’s government-owned science and research agency CSIRO is to open an office in the US, in the San Francisco Bay area, by July. It will be supplemented by smaller...

Gladys’ reshuffle good for tech

The shock departure of NSW Premier Mike Baird and the ascension of Gladys Berejiklian has produced a raft of changes on the ministerial decks, with former innovation minister Victor...

Morrison pushes hard on fintech

The rise of fintechs and the digitisation of the finance sector has signalled a “paradigm shift” for both business and government, presenting both with opportunities and challenges Federal Treasurer...

Expat Genevieve returns to Aust

Expatriate anthropologist and tech industry legend Genevieve Bell is returning to Australia after a career in the US to take up a research role split between the CSIRO’s Data61...

Kim Carr on the revolving door

The Coalition’s latest industry minister might talk tough about the power of the free market but political reality and the rise of populist parties like One Nation will soon...

Pollies sent to ASD hack school

Cyber security is the “new frontier of warfare” according to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as he announced unprecedented intelligence briefings for Australian politicians. Speaking outside the Australian Signals Directorate...

Turnbull clutches dead parrot TPP

As far as Donald Trump is concerned, the Trans Pacific Partnership is dead. President Trump (get used to saying it) has put a big black line through the TPP,...

President Xi comes to Davos

The timing of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s debut appearance at the annual global gabfest that is the annual World Economic Forum in the once barely-known Swiss ski resort of...

Games sector finds home in Victoria

Strong support from the state government has helped consolidate more than half of the Australian games development sector in Victoria, as other states lag behind in supporting the “economic...

Centrelink fail won’t go away

The Digital Transformation Agency had been missing in action throughout the Centrelink debt recovery debacle calling into question its purpose in government, according to shadow minister for the digital...