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Centrelink fail won’t go away

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...

Surprise! A new year, new minister

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Congratulations Australia, you’ve been given a brand new Industry Minister! Yes, it’s your fourth industry minister in the past year and a half, but still – it’s exciting! And...

Long-termism is a policy imperative

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
This week the first trailer for the movie every tech-head has been waiting for popped up. I’m talking about the sequel to the 1982 science fiction classic Blade Runner,...

Francis Gurry on IP wealth creation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The ‘innovation literacy’ of Australia’s political and business leadership might have improved significantly in the past two years, it is still well short of the countries that lead the...

NBN bailout a political mockery

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
After presenting the nation with a massively watered-down plan for the National Broadband Network (NBN) in April 2013, the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has now had to bail out...

Our Paris climate accord shame

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As the deadline for ratifying the Paris climate accord arrives today (Nov. 4) with a dull thud for a government that has – 11 months later – singularly failed...

Michael Aitken: Australian hero

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
The old investment banker in Malcolm Turnbull would have been secretly chuffed at the recipient of this year’s Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation. Mr Turnbull had a glittering career...

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...

DTA a rose by any other name

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his McKinsey-trained mate Angus Taylor want to bring order and alacrity to the ever fraught world of government IT projects as the game shifts...

ASD search for offensive spooks

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The tech-spooky Australian Signals Directorate has been recruiting for offensive cyber operators this month to boost the nation’s digital warfare capability as a newly-released Federal government report describes the...