Tag: Bill Shorten

Getting dudded on tech policy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It should not surprise anyone who works in science and technology that their interests did not form any part of the key messaging of either major party during the...

An innovation shy Shorten reply

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Shadow industry minister Kim Carr spent Wednesday chiding his government counterpart – the Minister for Industry, Science and Research Karen Andrews – because she “couldn’t even get the word...

Research grants to be reviewed

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
A future Shorten Government has promised it will end political interference in the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) grants process. “Bill Shorten has declared that if Labor wins the upcoming...

Shorten’s future ready wages pitch

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s wages system needs to be “renovated” to help prepare for technology change, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said, as he positioned the upcoming election as a “referendum on wages”....

Parliament cyber attack details

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A nation-state was behind the recent cyber attack on the federal Parliament, and the networks of both major parties were also compromised, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed. Speaking...

Husic on the encryption bill

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Passing the highly controversial bill was an “incredibly hard choice”, and the Opposition will look to strengthen protections in the scheme if it wins next year’s election, shadow digital...

Encryption: Tech sector is reeling

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian tech sector has been left reeling following the shock passage of controversial encryption legislation last week, with fears the new laws will do “significant damage” to the...

Labor caves on encryption bill

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A farcical day in the Parliament has ended with Labor caving at the last minute and passing the government’s encryption bill, just as it looked like the controversial legislation...

Shorten offers big lift in science

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Opposition leader Bill Shorten would return science to the centre of government decision-making and drive central efforts to lift the nation’s spending on research and development by billions of...