Tag: digital economy

Albanese outlines plan to deepen digital ties to ASEAN

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Facilitating cross-border data flows and supporting interoperability of digital technology between Australia and Southeast Asian nations is a key focus of the Albanese government’s new economic strategy, which calls...

WA Innovation minister adds ‘synergistic’ portfolios

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Western Australia Innovation and Digital Economy minister Stephen Dawson will take on the Science portfolio in Premier Roger Cook’s new Cabinet. Announced on Wednesday, Mr Dawson will add Minister...

New parliamentary office would improve tech policy: Violi

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A parliamentary technological assessment office to enhance and coordinate Australian tech policy should be established, according to digital economy observer and Liberal backbencher Aaron Violi. In an interview with...

WA govt’s ICT portfolio gets digital economy rebrand

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Western Australian Innovation and ICT minister Stephen Dawson has become the state’s first Innovation and Digital Economy minister in a Cabinet reshuffle prompted by the departure of two of...

Clear focus on digital missing in govt: Fletcher

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The digital economy must become a clear national priority for Australia to continue to prosper, according to shadow minister for government services and the digital economy Paul Fletcher, who...

Vic gets $2.4m digital health commercialisation hub

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Digital health commercialisation outfit ANDHealth has been given $2.4 million from the Victorian state government to establish a new health innovation and commercialisation hub. Funded through the state’s $20...

AIIA calls for Cabinet-level digital super-Minister

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Information Industry Association has called on the next federal government to combine the functions of the Digital Economy minister and the Government Services minister into a single,...