Tag: productivity

NSW govt considers sweeping deregulation

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government is considering sweeping deregulation to encourage innovation and boost the state’s productivity coming out of the pandemic, including continuing any temporary regulations enacted during...

Aussie workplace thermal test unveiled

Posted on   |  by Elise McDonald
Brisbane based technology and services company Bigmate has developed a thermal-imaging solution which can immediately detect elevated temperatures of people entering or leaving their workplaces in real time. Known...

Westacott on our sleepy future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
After 26 years of uninterrupted economic growth, Australian business is asleep at the wheel warns Jennifer Westacott, chief executive of the Business Council of Australia. Unlike other nations which...

OECD laments a ‘startup bias’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Last week was OECD week; but in Australia about the only coverage was the OECD concern about our housing prices. Despite Australia being the 23rd member of the OECD...

NICTA now calls CSIRO home

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia has a new research agency today with the creation of Data61 from the merged interests of Australia’s premier ICT research house NICTA, with the Digital Productivity flagship of...