Tag: Malcolm Turnbull

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 Repeal days are repealed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...

Location talks on landing pads start

Posted on   |  by Elaine McFadden
Consultations are underway to identify the final three locations for the global ‘landing pads’ that will support entrepreneurial Australians, announced as part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA)....

DataStart may take startup equity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Commonwealth is considering a significant expansion of its DataStart program as an ongoing mechanism for finding data solutions to government challenges, and to help fund new companies, Innovation...