Tag: Malcolm Turnbull

Fifield: The lost child of Cabinet

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Close your eyes and imagine, if you will, that Tony Abbott is still Prime Minister and is busy executing his groundbreaking innovation strategy. Then imagine that he has a...

PM’s Cabinet crew on innovation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last night chaired the first meeting of the Innovation and Science Committee of the Cabinet. The meeting marks the first time a Cabinet-level committee...

Gov.AU targets thorny trust issues

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Office capped its biggest week since being set up seven months ago with the formal acceptance of its Gov.AU Alpha prototype. The agency also started discovery...

The Nationals and the Glass Snowy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash were elected to the Senate in 2004, at a time when telecommunications was a central political issue of the day – courtesy of the...

Oh for joy! Repeal days are repealed

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
The Federal Government has announced the end of its ‘Repeal Days’. The term, borrowed from US Tea Party rhetoric, referred to the ripping up thousands of pages of regulations...

Turnbull readies first China visit

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is readying to make his first visit to China since he took office – most likely in April according to talk in government and...

German STEM aims at pre-school

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It will be a slow, generational effort to boost the nation’s capability in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), but the work has started with funding announced for two...

Shenzhen opens door to ideas boom

Posted on   |  by James Riley
China’s southern city of Shenzhen has turned its lonely eyes to Australia, scouring the country for ideas and innovations and perhaps the chance to lure some of our entrepreneurial...

Looking for love in the Lion City

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Singapore has come out of the Asia Pacific’s increasingly competitive technology blocks fast in 2016. Its all-seeing government is set to streamline the state agencies that oversee and invest...