Author: James Riley

US remains key to Aussie innovation

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia should look towards the US to help address its innovation woes rather than just focusing on internal developments, a new United States Studies Centre (USSC) report urges. Authored...

Policy uncertainty hurts local R&D: Google

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s poorly implemented tech-focused legislation and lack of consultation with industry is damaging investment in local R&D, according to Google Australia public policy manager Alex Lynch. Speaking...

Deep tech is an ‘unprecedented opportunity’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia risks falling behind the rest of the world on deep tech at a time when it is most important, while renewed investment in the sector would present “unprecedented...

NSW sovereign capability taskforce named

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The NSW government has named a 23-person ICT/Digital Sovereign Procurement Taskforce charged with making it easier for innovative local tech companies to get access to government contracts, using procurement...

Govt ‘head in the sand’ on copyright reform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s national startup body has slammed the government for its “head in the sand” approach to tech policy after it failed to act on a series of recommendations to...

Atlassian, Canva slam R&D tax changes

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Two of Australia’s most successful tech companies have railed against the federal government’s planned changes to the research and development tax incentive, just days before a Senate committee is...

ACCC’s Google news plan will not work

Posted on   |  by Prof Tom Smith and Prof Martina Linnenluecke
Requiring global tech giants Google and Facebook to pay for content to news organisations is misguided and simply won’t work no matter how you slice and dice this ‘world-first’...

Cyber strategy needs user centric design

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government’s $1.7 billion 2020 Cyber Security Strategy document lacked the kind of strong organising principle to adequately address the cyber challenges of the less secure world, according...

ACCC fires back at Google ‘misinformation’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s competition watchdog has publicly rebuked search giant Google, accusing the company of spreading misinformation about a draft news media bargaining code. Google on Monday published an open letter...