Tag: Malcolm Turnbull

Graham Farquhar, Australian hero

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A biologist from the Australian National University has been awarded the 2015 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, for work on plant biophysics models that will determine which trees grow...

FSI response leaves FinTech cold

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The government response to David Murray’s Financial System Inquiry was an awfully long time in coming. Its cross-the-board acceptance of the vast majority of its recommendations is welcome (and...

NBN leadership a roll-out problem

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The embattled National Broadband Network company has lost yet another senior executive with its chief operating officer, former Telstra executive Greg Adcock, leaving after less than two years. Mr...

Miners tell a sad Atlassian story

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When news emerged late last month that Australia’s greatest software success story, Atlassian, planned to list on the New York Stock Exchange there was some gnashing of the teeth...

J-Bish cements Valley Girl creds

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Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has used her visit to San Francisco for the annual bilateral foreign and defence talks known as AUSMIN to underscore the clear message from...

DTO considers an Aussie G-Cloud

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Australian Government ICT procurement is set to undergo its most radical overhaul since the 2008 Gershon Review of public sector tech spending and may include an Aussie version of...

Peace breaks out on digital policy?

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If Bill Shorten didn’t already know what it feels like to get gazumped, he certainly does now. The Federal Government has moved in the past two weeks from having no...

Wyatt Roy to host policy hackathon

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In this exclusive interview, freshly-minted Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy told InnovationAus.com that he will host a weekend ‘government hackathon,’ drawing together the disparate interests of the tech...

Raby: China is still a struggle

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Australia’s former Ambassador to China Geoff Raby is now chairman of Australian technology firm Smartrans Ltd amongst a raft of other, mainly China related, board positions, but cautions that...