Tag: Australian Information Industry Association

Early-stage commercialisation package backed by industry

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A $390 million early-stage commercialisation initiative designed to ready homegrown SMEs and startups for future investment through the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund has been widely praised by industry...

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...

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....

AIIA calls for Cabinet-level digital super-Minister

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Information Industry Association has called on the next federal government to combine the functions of the Digital Economy minister and the Government Services minister into a single,...