Tag: Ed Husic

Labor calls for gov’t tech review

Posted on   |  by James Riley
On digital transformation in government, bipartisanship has left the building. The Federal Opposition is calling for an independent, arms-length review of the government digital transformation efforts and its growing...

Husic and FinTech Aus go to war

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Shadow minister for the digital economy Ed Husic has had a crack at the finance sector lobby group FinTech Australia for its outspoken support of government’s dodgy equity crowdfunding...

Husic on tech as economic security

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
Expect much moaning and whinging from Federal Labor over the Coalition’s innovation efforts, but little in the way of actual policy until after the Opposition has a big, long...

Thodey review of PM&C queried

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Shadow Minister for the Digital Economy Ed Husic has called for the public release of a little-known review of federal government digital transformation efforts that ultimately led to the radical restructure of...

Crowdfunding bill under threat

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
After a tumultuous and ‘exhausting’ four-year journey, the government’s equity crowdfunding bill is set to safely pass through the Senate next month, despite being dubbed a “dodo” and “self-defeating”...

An own goal on digital progress

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government has formally tried to congratulate itself in the Parliament on its digital transformation of services in a sign of either “irony or grand self-delusion,” according to the...

Centrelink fail won’t go away

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency had been missing in action throughout the Centrelink debt recovery debacle calling into question its purpose in government, according to shadow minister for the digital...

Summer reading: A lazy book list

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Ho, Ho, Ho, you beautiful people. We are readying the car for an insanely long road-trip through the deserts of the ‘real Australia’ and have been gathering all the...

Ed Husic on tech reactionaries

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Populist micro-parties and the reactionary forces that tap into fears about new technology and its impact on employment will continue to grow if government does not start talking in...