Tag: Julie Bishop

Turnbull: Heavy lies the crown

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia is 27 years into the longest period of continuous economic growth in the history human kind – as measured against an arcane set of dusty metrics – and...

‘Nightmare’: Tech sector responds

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The next Prime Minister of Australia will be decided on Friday afternoon after the Turnbull government sensationally shut down Parliament and called for a leadership spill, with three main...

The big push for 5G networks

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies has stepped up its efforts to participate in the upcoming roll-out of 5G networks in Australia by adding Malcolm Turnbull’s former cabinet secretary...

Turnbull’s Euro cyber binge

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Euro-trotting Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been busy on the cyber front, signing Australia up to NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) as the nation joins in...

Australia seeks ITU influence

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop and Communications Minister Mitch Fifield have announced that Australia will seek re-election to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council later this year. If Australia...

J-Bish on cyber engagement

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has launched Australia’s first international cyber strategy, with a focus on growing digital trade, improving cyber security in the Indo-Pacific and countering state-based cyberattacks. The International...

Bowen’s landmark Asia pitch

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It has been an awfully long time since any political party in Australia gave any serious thought to what US President George H. W. Bush (41) once referred to...

Singapore gets its Landing Pad

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The fifth and final of Australia’s much-ballyhooed international ‘Landing Pads’ is now operational in Singapore. It joins those in San Francisco, Berlin, Shanghai and Tel Aviv. The Landing Pads are...

CSIRO to open five US offices

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
Australia’s government-owned science and research agency CSIRO is to open an office in the US, in the San Francisco Bay area, by July. It will be supplemented by smaller...