Tag: Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm winning the early tech love

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The Labor party will need to dramatically reforge its rhetoric around fostering innovation if it wants to snag votes from the tech sector at the July 2 double dissolution...

Climate change and sins of omission

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Now that Malcolm Turnbull has called a July 2 double dissolution election, the Budget is last week’s news. The phoney war is over and Australia is in election mode....

Lion City deal to open new doors

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The Turnbull government has today inked what is arguably the Coalition’s smartest bilateral economic agreement, particularly in terms of technology and innovation. The so-called Australia-Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is a step...

Cyber gets a big eSafety boost

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The eSafety commissioner will move into terror prevention and Australia will add a Cyber Ambassador to its diplomatic ranks, while establishing a ring of joint cyber threat centres across...

Ciobo: ‘And then we take Berlin …’

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The quiet but persistent strengthening of industry and research relationships with Germany was given a further boost with the creation of a ‘landing pad’ for Australian startup companies in...

Election 2016: Where to now?

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With Australia having entered a faux election campaign, the time is ripe for a faux election preview. InnovationAus.com has been out testing the temperature of the ‘innovation electorate’ to...

The Outsiders: Our Class of 2015

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In the tech and innovation sectors, there are three high-profile names you will see popping up again and again. Paul Shetler, Adrian Turner and Alex Scandurra are outsiders, recruited...

Doug Elix’ return a boost for Data61

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Former IBM services legend Doug Elix’s return to an active high-profile participatory role within the Aussie innovation ecosystem is a huge boost for the sector. His appointment as co-chairman...

Govt unveils $230m cyber boost

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The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will this morning unveil Australia’s long-awaited cyber security review in Sydney, the first major update to the nation’s online defence strategy since 2009. The...