Tag: tech council of australia

Tech Council chief Kate Pounder steps down

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Tech Council chief executive Kate Pounder will step down from her role at the end of next week, marking the end of a chapter for the peak industry body...

Cautious welcome for govt’s planned privacy law upgrade

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government’s planned upgrade of Australia’s privacy law has been backed by the national regulator and cautiously welcomed by advocates and the tech sector after years of debate. The...

Tech Council balks at EU-style AI Act

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia risks an exodus of artificial intelligence capability and investment if new technology-specific regulations are introduced and the country’s existing copyright regime is tightened, the Tech Council of Australia...

Tech Council: We’re gonna need a bigger room

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian tech sector came to Canberra on Wednesday evening, with 34 software and hardware companies from across a broad spectrum of the economy setting up demonstration booths in...

CSIRO maps the nation’s digital workforce clusters

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
More than half of all tech workers in Australia are situated in one of 96 digital technology clusters scattered across the country, according to a new report from national...

Scaleup funding gap in Australia to hit $53b by 2030

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The gap between scaleup funding available in Australia compared to funding available to comparable firms in the US could reach $53 billion by 2030 without more government and international investment...

Queensland to develop its own quantum strategy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Queensland is set to develop its own quantum strategy to capture a greater slice of the nascent sector expected to be worth $4.6 billion to the Australian economy by...