Tag: AIIA

Digital rights, industry groups respond to privacy review

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Digital rights groups have broadly embraced reforms to Commonwealth privacy laws put forward after a two-year review but say the proposals could still be “watered down“ by lobbyists in...

Back ‘big bets’ with $15bn reconstruction fund: Tech sector

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s $15 billion reconstruction fund should focus on “long-term, strategically important investments” in critical technologies that inherently carry higher risk, according to the country’s newest technology industry group. In...

$1bn needed to keep Australia in the quantum fight: AIIA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Australian Information Industry Association is urging the federal government to maintain the country’s global competitiveness in quantum technologies by investing $1 billion in quantum research and technology over...

Tech coordination needed to support decarbonisation: Thodey

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A more collaborative approach to innovation is needed to enable the supply of technology that is required to meet Australia’s 43 per cent emissions reduction target, business leader and...

Minister to release ACIL Allen Industry Growth Centre report

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government has committed to releasing a review of the Industry Growth Centre program that sat with the former Coalition government since 2020. Minister for Science and Industry...

Broad church: AIIA members divided over data localisation

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has struggled to reach consensus among its diverse membership base on data localisation, but has broadly agreed that onshore hosting does not guarantee...

The next AIIA chief executive is Simon Bush

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Australian Information Industry Association has appointed government relations veteran Simon Bush as its next chief executive officer. Mr Bush, who is currently head of policy and advocacy at...