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Policy Science

What tech leader Adrian Turner did next

Former Data61 chief executive Adrian Turner has pulled together an extensive coalition of banks, corporate giants and not-for-profit social service delivery organisations under Twiggy Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation to build...

Tech lessons from our summer of crises

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia should adopt an emergency mass communications system similar to what is used in the US to better manage future crises, according to BlackBerry IoT Solutions managing director David...

Collaboration the key to space tech

Posted on   |  by Larry Marshall
With this week marking the official opening of the Australian Space Agency Headquarters in Adelaide, Australia is on a fast track into new frontiers. The Space Agency is already...

Is tech back on the political agenda?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It’s a pretty rare day in parliament these days when you hear consecutive, detailed speeches about innovation policy, but that’s what happened last week. Can innovation and the technology...

Telcos grapple with bushfire crisis

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A review will investigate the impact of bushfires on the nation’s communications infrastructure and a new national protocol for disaster management developed as Australia’s biggest telcos grapple with the...

NBN may miss June roll-out target

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The devastating bushfires along the south east coastline have destroyed telecommunications infrastructure across a wide area and it may take several months before basic telecommunication services are functioning. NBN...