Tag: Ed Husic

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Husic to act on ‘digital poachers’

Large tech vendors that continually steal talented digital staff out of the Public Service can expect closer scrutiny, and run the risk of being penalised when it comes time...

Questions for data rights regime

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government was clearly “not listening” to the concerns surrounding the Consumer Data Right after it rejected an extension to an inquiry into the new scheme, shadow digital economy...

Google push for Western Sydney

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Shadow minister for the digital economy Ed Husic has joined with Google Australia and the education charity Schools Plus to support the expansion of a STEM education initiative in...

Labor commits to encryption reform

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor would work with industry to fix controversial encryption legislation and pass the baseline recommendations of the Parliament’s joint committee on intelligence and security if it elected to...

War of words on the AI front

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As if anyone needed reminding that a federal election looms, a war of words has broken out between the offices of Industry Minister Karen Andrews and shadow human services...

Open banking’s politics of delay

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s inability to introduce its “game-changing” Consumer Data Right legislation, and the subsequent delay to the launch of open banking, could provide an opportunity to improve the regime,...

Year in review: Back-end 2018

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Following InnovationAus.com’s recap of the first six months of the year, it’s clear that 2018 started with a bang. It’s now time to look at what has been happening...

Labor confronts AI underspending

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor’s National Conference has formally adopted into its platform a significantly boosted policy profile for artificial intelligence, committing a future Shorten government to the development of new AI capability...

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...

Piracy bill is a hallucinogen: Husic

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s new crackdown on online piracy is a “regulatory hallucinogen” that does not address the real issue, while further copyright reform is needed to promote innovation, according to...