Author: James Riley

Centrelink gets $500m overhaul funding

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government has provided more than $500 million for the final stage of the massive overhaul of the IT system underpinning Australia’s welfare payments, which is now set to...

CSIRO gets a $459m budget lifeline for science

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
The federal government has thrown CSIRO a $459 million lifeline as the country’s peak science research organisation reels from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its industry partnership...

Industry welcomes new approach to technology

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s second budget, delivered as the nation grapples with policies to deliver a post-COVID economic recovery, marks an important milestone in building a competitive digital economy, the...

ACS turmoil as president calls for leadership spill

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian Computer Society president Ian Oppermann is calling on his own National Congress to support a vote of no confidence against the organisation’s Management Committee, the effective ruling body...

Commercialisation funding a key to recovery

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Leading industry groups and universities have called on the federal government to make a targeted effort to address Australia’s commercialisation woes in this week’s federal budget, with new funds...

Use budget to rebuild inhouse APS tech skills

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government should scrap the controversial public sector staffing cap and use this week’s federal budget as an opportunity to begin the process of bringing tech skills back...

Australians demand better privacy controls

Posted on   |  by Angelene Falk
As Australia prepares for a landmark review of the Privacy Act, a comprehensive survey of attitudes towards privacy reveals how Australians want their personal information to be protected now...

Roy Green on the recovery blueprint

Posted on   |  by Roy Green
The Federal Government’s announcement yesterday must be seen as a start and only a start to reversing many years of neglect and complacency in relation to the role of...

Industry backs new manufacturing strategy

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Technology and commercialisation sits at the heart of the federal government’s $1.5 billion manufacturing strategy, according to the METS Ignited growth centre chief executive Adrian Beer, and that’s a...