Tag: Tech Council

Pushback over data localisation for digital ID scheme

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Digital ID is shaping up as the next data localisation battleground, with the Tech Council of Australia arguing proposed rules requiring onshore hosting for the scheme will do nothing...

A leadership gap opens up in tech and innovation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
You don’t need to be Nostradamus to see that 2024 is shaping as a difficult and defining year for industrial policy. There are challenges everywhere you look. Actually, that’s...

Sophisticated investor overhaul: Angels sound the alarm

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Angel investors and venture capital firms are warning that proposed changes that will make it harder to qualify as a “sophisticated” investor will reduce funding for early-stage startups at...

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...

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...