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Pollies sent to ASD hack school

Cyber security is the “new frontier of warfare” according to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as he announced unprecedented intelligence briefings for Australian politicians. Speaking outside the Australian Signals Directorate...

Shorten trumpets a skills squeeze

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To an industry reliant on cross-border flows of technical skills and creative expertise, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s populist new war on 457 visas should be viewed with concern. Any...

Carr rump proves hard to move

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Opposition leader Bill Shorten’s self-described ‘Dream Team’ of an expanded Shadow Ministry is a mixed bag for the tech industry. The elevation of Jim Chalmers to Finance and Michelle...

Stand and deliver: Voters are angry

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As he stood before the nation nine months ago, flushed with the success of his perfectly executed party room coup Malcolm Turnbull, a man who had mastered everything he...

Climate policy is way up in the air

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Discussion about climate change and renewable energy was almost totally absent from the 2016 election. This is remarkable, given that it can reasonably argued to be the biggest issue...

Election enters its final, brutal stage

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It is a campaign that started with air swings and false indignations at every turn. But as we enter this final and ultimately brutal stage of Election 2016, the...

NBN: Heads must roll, Ziggy’s first

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Ziggy Switkowski’s spectacularly ill-advised and highly political injection of himself and the NBN Co he chairs into the election debate in its timing, content and repercussions mark a turning...

The NBN’s politics of good timing

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Three weeks before the election, Labor has unveiled its plan to give Australia a better National Broadband Network. Its timing is good, and its plans are superior to the...

Turnbull: Give that man an onion

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The sight of Malcolm Turnbull rabbiting on at a media doorstop as if he had Tony Abbott’s hand up his back was a remarkable thing to behold. He should...

Labor’s fight to highlight tech plan

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The war over who has the best policies to support innovation has yet to be fought tooth and claw by either side in this marathon election campaign, although Labor...