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Australia’s cyber talent shortage

Australia is facing a severe shortage of cyber security specialists, says Richard Byfield, head of Datacom Technical Security Services. “There’s just not enough talented personnel,” Mr Byfield says. “It’s...

Aust still on IoT training wheels

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield says Australia is in the grip of “evangelical fervour” regarding the Internet of Things. But analysis shows the nation is still in explorer mode. Speaking...

ACCC to review roaming charges

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) announcement of an inquiry into “whether or not to declare a wholesale domestic mobile roaming service” is a timely reminder that the...

Biometric identity: Please explain

A digital identity platform is absolutely essential if the government’s grand vision of streamlined, digital-delivered services is ever to be fully realised. But it needs to be properly explained,...

Wagga is like NYC, but different

If you think that you have to be in Sydney or Melbourne to successfully launch that business idea of yours, you can’t be further away from the truth. What’s...

Hypercat alliance for smart cities

Australia looks like throwing its lot in with the UK-originated Hypercat Alliance as a technology standard for the Internet of Things to support the development of smart cities. Hypercat...

Marriage equality: Are we open?

Australia has a proud history of being at the forefront of enacting legislation that eliminates our myriad inequalities. In the extension of basic human rights, it has been an...

AgriTech the new startup frontier

Agricultural technology – AgriTech – has the potential to give Australia a $100 billion agricultural industry by 2030, says a new report. That’s a doubling in size in a...

Measuring up: ACCC gets tough

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has ramped up pressure on the telecommunications industry in an effort to give consumers “better information about broadband speeds, to improve competition...

Cultural cringe is killing SME tech

The Digital Transformation Office’s newly-launched Digital Marketplace creates a mechanism for government to buy more local technology, but some baked-in attitudes about tech vendors may also need to be...

AgriTech wins iAward applause

In a country where debates about innovation policy tend to be about city-based issues, it is noteworthy and significant that local AgriTech companies won four of the nation’s most...

H2Ocean: VC role for Wyatt Roy

Former Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy has bounced back after the bruising experience of the July federal election, taking an independent directors role at H2Oean, the proposed listed...

Diversity is key to Victorian success

Diversity is Victoria’s competitive advantage and the key differentiator to building the Number One ecosystem for startups and entrepreneurs in the Asia Pacific region, according to Innovation Minister Philip...

When innovation is a ripping yarn

Since Telstra announced a $246 million impairment on its video startup investment Ooyala, views have ranged from the difficulty it reveals for Telstra shifting from a telephone to a...