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Aust-US ties on science and tech bolstered

Australia and the United States have moved to strengthened their history of collaboration through a senior-level dialogue on science and frontier technologies led by Industry Minister Karen Andrews. Minister...

Private capital wants a ‘visionary plan’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia needs a “visionary plan” to double the size and output of the local tech sector in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian Investment Council says The...

COVID-19: Impact on China’s science policy

Posted on   |  by Stuart Finlayson
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, global science and policy communities are in flux. What does this mean for China’s science policy and funding? Or its international research...

US-China trade stoush hurts Aussie tech

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The tech sector has been hit by the trade tensions between the US and China with a sharp decline in VC flow, and this will have “harmful ramifications” for...

Trump, China and impact on tech

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
As a visibly frightened world braces itself for what is already the most wildly unpredictable administration in at least 100 years. With Donald J. Trump about to become the...

Robots and subs: PM strokes Japan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Quite unexpectedly, Malcolm Turnbull made a quick dash to Tokyo last week for a one day visit to see his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe: his first visit to North Asia....

Cabinet diversity sets new tone

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The appointment of five women to Malcolm Turnbull’s Cabinet should send a strong signal about diversity to the tech sector. Besides retaining the highly regarded Julie Bishop as Deputy...

The Turnbull charm offensive

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Prime Minister Turnbull has announced his new Ministry, and in doing so continued his charm offensive. Referring to his Government as a 21st century one was yet another reference...

US trip on back burner for new PM

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In what we now know were the dying days of the Abbott government, the former Prime Minister’s all powerful chief of staff Peta Credlin, was laying plans to try...

What next for tech, Malcolm?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Malcolm Turnbull is offering Australia a different style of leadership. He has promised to be more consultative, more collegiate. Tony Abbott offered the same, but didn’t deliver. And Malcolm...