Tag: David Thodey

David Thodey surveys the nation’s innovation landscape

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Former CSIRO chair David Thodey says the growth and development of Australia’s innovation ecosystem since 2015 had been exciting – remarkable even – but a lack of clarity in...

Businesswoman Kathryn Fagg is the new CSIRO chair

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Freshly-minted Science and Technology minister Melissa Price has appointed Kathryn Fagg – one of Australia’s most experienced company directors – as chair of the national science agency, the Commonwealth...

‘Urgent’ investment in APS tech staff needed

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government must make an “urgent investment” in Australian public service staff to avoid any more government technology “failures” like robodebt, COVIDSafe and the 2016 census outage, a...

David Thodey to lead new Tech Central push

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The New South Wales government has appointed CSIRO chair and former Telstra chief David Thodey to head a powerful new steering group to advise on the state’s ambitious Tech...

Apply AI to the tech capability audit

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
Albert Einstein famously said, “we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” And if ever there was a need for new thinking...

Marshall saddles up for three more years

Posted on   |  by James Riley
CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall was not everyone’s first pick to lead the national science agency when he was appointed to the role in 2015. But the CSIRO board...

Govt now scoping ‘urgent’ ICT capability audit

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
More than six months after it was announced as an “urgent” priority, a comprehensive audit into government ICT capabilities has now begun. The audit was announced as part of...

Malcolm Turnbull on the ‘cult of consultants’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Public Service has been so damaged by and so captive to a “cult of the consultant” that it no longer possessed the skills in-house to perform some...