Tag: AIIA

$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...

Ministers must continue to meet on data and digital

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Information Industry Association has called on the Albanese Government to prioritise inter-government between data and digital ministers in whatever formal structure replaces the Morrison era National Cabinet....

Tech industry groups welcome Labor win

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor’s election win will help to place technology at the centre of Australia’s economic growth, with a new $1 billion fund for the sector to capitalise on a “once...