Author: James Riley

Catalysing a new era of an Australian tech policy

Posted on   |  by Professor Johanna Weaver
If the Albanese government is serious about shaping a better future for Australia, it must prioritise coordination when developing its tech-related nation-building policy initiatives. Historians could look back at...

NRF: Intervention needed to halt slide on economic complexity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Achieving the objectives of federal industrial policy is fundamental to the government also achieving its emissions reduction and lower-cost energy commitments, the assistant minister for manufacturing Tim Ayres says....

Sweden is the exemplar for Australia’s innovation roadmap

Posted on   |  by Adrian Beer
The official visit of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden to Australia, accompanied by Sweden’s Foreign Trade minister Johan Forssell, could not have been better timed as...

Dominello in talks to take a national role on digital

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor’s Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten has been in quiet, evolving talks with the retiring NSW state Liberal minister Victor Dominello about taking a national role with...

Google Aust reassures govt on research commitment

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Big Tech search and media giant Google has moved to reassure the federal government that its global workforce reduction plans will not have any impact on its research commitments...

Online safety tsar rejects draft industry codes as inadequate

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has rejected proposed industry codes put forward by associations representing the online industry, sending the draft codes back to industry demanding that they address areas of...

Aussie students put ethics and philosophy back into schools

Posted on   |  by David McClure
A knowledge of ethics and philosophy has never been more important in this technological age. But most Australian schools don’t dedicate any time to the teaching of philosophy, leading...