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Cyber, DTA still up in the air

The reporting lines for key components of the Australian Government cyber security infrastructure remains unsettled following last week’s change of Prime Minister, while the fate of the Digital Transformation...

‘Highly disruptive’: Turnbull’s exit

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A new Prime Minister and a significantly different Cabinet would be “highly disruptive” to the government’s tech and innovation-focused agenda and could delay important reforms currently in the works,...

A post-abracadabra policy era

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Scott Morrison, PM, B.Sc. Just let that sit for a while. Then ask, ‘is this our most STEM-qualified Cabinet ever?’ It might surprise people, but Scott Morrison’s academic qualifications...

Innovation axed from ministry

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The industry portfolio has been given a bit of nip and tuck with the removal of the word ‘innovation’ ahead of the beauty contest that is the looming federal...

ScoMo: a very FinTech PM

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Treasurer and enthusiastic FinTech advocate Scott Morrison is Australia’s new Prime Minister after winning the Liberal Party leadership ballot on Friday afternoon. Mr Morrison won the leadership ballot 45...

Turnbull: Heavy lies the crown

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia is 27 years into the longest period of continuous economic growth in the history human kind – as measured against an arcane set of dusty metrics – and...

Huawei: Waiting for the blowback

Posted on   |  by James Riley
That the federal government banned Huawei from participating in the 5G network roll-out in Australia was hardly unexpected. It makes official what had been backgrounded for some time. But the...

‘Nightmare’: Tech sector responds

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The next Prime Minister of Australia will be decided on Friday afternoon after the Turnbull government sensationally shut down Parliament and called for a leadership spill, with three main...

Huawei banned from 5G network

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has banned Chinese tech companies Huawei and ZTE from participating in the Australian 5G network. Acting Home Affairs Minister Scott Morrison issued a statement early on...

Advisory panel for open banking

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The fifteen members of a key advisory body that will help shape data standards that will underpin the Consumer Data Right and the looming open banking regime have been...