Tag: Johanna Weaver

Services Aus seeks new faces for $1m advisory board

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A recruitment process is underway to replace the highly-paid outside advisers that former Government Services minister Bill Shorten had running the ruler over his agency’s services and myGov app....

Meeting the Big Tech influence machine head on

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The regulation of global technologies has emerged over the past decade as a key social and economic challenge for governments around the world. The challenges are obvious and daunting....

Tech titans and govt seed Canberra think tank

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government, tech giants and the Australian Computer Society are stepping in to fund a Canberra based tech policy think tank after university funding for its precursor ran...

ANU Tech Policy Design Centre moves to keep doors open

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Australian National University-based Tech Policy Design Centre is expected to continue its work in 2025 – albeit as an independent not-for-profit entity – after the university unexpectedly cut...

Gig Guide: Services Aus advisory board extended

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Services Australia has extended the term of its interim independent advisory board by up to six months, with all members receiving contract extensions to the end of September. Former...

Australia’s outsized role in influencing global tech policy

Posted on   |  by Jason Stevens
“If you control the standards, you control the technology, and if you control the technology, you control the world” – a maxim highlighting Australia’s underestimated influence in global tech...