Tag: Election

EV scare campaign ‘flies in face of fact’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A toxic scare campaign surrounding electric vehicles in the first week of the federal election campaign “flies in the face of fact” and risks seeing Australia fall even further...

Shorten’s future ready wages pitch

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s wages system needs to be “renovated” to help prepare for technology change, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said, as he positioned the upcoming election as a “referendum on wages”....

NSW Labor digital policy is MIA

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
With just under two months to go before New South Wales voters cast their ballot in the state’s March 23 election, the Labor Opposition has remained tight lipped on...

Vic Libs signal innovation chief

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian opposition will create a new government role of a chief innovation officer to “drive commercialisation” if it wins next month’s state election. Somewhat strangely, the Victorian Liberal...

SA result steady for tech sector

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The South Australian Liberal Party has heralded a “new dawn” in the state with a decisive election win over the Labor government, which has been in power for the...

Crowdsourcing the election worm

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The so-called polling “worm” used by the Seven Network during the first leaders’ debate at the National Press Club last night broke significant new ground, with new technology enabling...