Tag: Angus Taylor

Environment sector needs startup style disruption

Posted on   |  by James Atkins
Periods of turmoil, just as we are experiencing now, are never easy. But they are also a major catalyst for innovation. We’ve seen this with the unveiling of Angus...

Finance GovERP makes a joke of reform

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Remember a few years back when ICT procurement reform was all about breaking up big vendor contracts? Remember no contracts were to be valued at more than $100 million,...

Attention turns to electricity CDR

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has ramped up its efforts to apply the Consumer Data Right to the electricity sector from next year, with new consultations opened and the overall model...

The marketplace needs a boost

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government’s Digital Marketplace should be celebrated for the role it has played in driving new digital workforce skills into the public sector. But it has failed in...

Digital to remain within PM&C

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency remains an executive agency in the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio with no change to ministerial responsibility. This is despite the Minister for Digital Transformation...

Innovation axed from ministry

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The industry portfolio has been given a bit of nip and tuck with the removal of the word ‘innovation’ ahead of the beauty contest that is the looming federal...

Turmoil clouds the tech agenda

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A major cloud is now over the federal government’s tech and digital transformation agenda with a series of resignation offers from key ministers amid ongoing leadership turmoil. With Australia’s...

Anti-encryption bill is ‘overreach’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The controversial government plan to force tech companies to help law enforcement access the encrypted messages of customers is a “huge overreach” that will undermine encryption as a whole,...

Cyber defences: What happens next

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In the most significant speech of his political career, Angus Taylor has outlined a fundamental re-making of Australia’s cyber security strategy through the creation of a ‘cyber defence network’...