Tag: Australian Information Industry Association

Industry welcomes new approach to technology

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s second budget, delivered as the nation grapples with policies to deliver a post-COVID economic recovery, marks an important milestone in building a competitive digital economy, the...

No consultations on R&D tax changes

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government did not undertake any consultation on its planned $1.8 billion cut to the R&D tax incentive, with the reintroduction of the significant changes taking major stakeholders by...

Digital infrastructure for the post-COVID future

Posted on   |  by Robert Hillard
Imagine last year reading a story that began: ‘In 2020 we will have these massive fires and they will burn for months destroying 50 million acres and then we...

The tech-enabled road to recovery: AIIA

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The role of the information technology industry supporting other parts of the economy has been under-appreciated up until COVID-19, according to the Australian Information Industry Association chief executive Ron...

Tech workers: Front line of essential services

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Debate is underway on how to apply key classes of technology worker to essential service definitions in the event that mandatory lock-downs are applied across Australia in order to...

AIIA, ACS and Engineers seek single voice

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Three of the nation’s most powerful technology-related associations are in talks on formalising collaborative arrangements that would allow the tech industry and its professionals to present a single voice...

Tech giants launch SME support platform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A new website has been launched offering free services from global tech giants for Australian businesses trying to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. The Australian Information Industry Association...

Digital disruption the APS should have seen

Posted on   |  by Simon Bush
Canberra’s mandarins must be going into Christmas wondering what just happened; major departments have disappeared (merged) and secretaries sacked with more changes to come. However, the signposts were there...

AIIA appoints new policy chief

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The tech sector needs a more effective and influential voice in Canberra to avoid further “unintended consequences” in government legislation, according to the AIIA’s new policy advisor. Simon Bush,...