Tag: Bill Shorten

The NBN’s politics of good timing

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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...

The Science Party’s election mission

Posted on   |  by James Jansson
Most entrepreneurs are happy with a single startup dominating their life around the clock. I decided that sleep was overrated and did two simultaneously. The first of my startups...

Will Frankenstein NBN turn on PM?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Malcolm Turnbull’s singular achievement on the Abbott frontbench was the pulling apart of the National Broadband Network, and like Dr Frankenstein, putting together various bits and pieces to create...

Stop the ride, I want to get off now

Posted on   |  by James Riley
So here’s what has happened so far. On Sunday morning the Prime Minister called for an election to be held on July 2. It’s now Tuesday evening and I...

Malcolm winning the early tech love

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Labor party will need to dramatically reforge its rhetoric around fostering innovation if it wants to snag votes from the tech sector at the July 2 double dissolution...

Why Bill Shorten won’t get elected

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Bill Shorten and his team have a spring in their step and feel they have a whiff of a chance of rolling the Turnbull Government at the coming election....

Labor: Tax breaks and landing pads

Posted on   |  by James Riley
On the eve of the Turnbull Government policy statement for diversifying the economy and improving the commercial performance of the Australian technology sector, Labor has unveiled another tranche of...