Author: James Riley

R&D tax inquiry re-emerges, hearing next week

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A public hearing into the federal government’s controversial changes to the research and development tax incentive is set to be held next week, after the inquiry was delayed by...

Cyber security strategy needed ‘yesterday’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s new cybersecurity strategy was needed “yesterday”, with the government’s recent cyber warning stoke fear and uncertainty around the country, a number of industry experts have said. The Coalition...

Albo’s science and innovation recovery

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s planned cuts to research and development will hamper Australia’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, while tax incentives for R&D should be paid out early, Labor leader...

AUSMIN and the Indo-Pacific’s digital future

Posted on   |  by Claire McFarland & Brendan Thomas-Noone
The response to COVID-19 is having a transformational effect on the use of digital technologies in Australia, the United States and many other parts of the world. But the...

Unlawful robodebt bunfight heats up

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
How the government came to be running an unlawful scheme needs to be properly investigated, crossbench senator Rex Patrick said, as the Opposition officially backed calls for a Royal...

Apply AI to the tech capability audit

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
Albert Einstein famously said, “we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” And if ever there was a need for new thinking...

Govt urged to ditch COVIDSafe for GApple

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian government has been urged to follow the footsteps of the UK and ditch its contact tracing app in favour of the model provided by Apple and Google,...

Cybersecurity and the Trust Imperative

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The remarkable intervention of the Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday in the mainstream cybersecurity conversation certainly had its desired effect. Through the use of the Prime Ministerial megaphone,...

Marshall saddles up for three more years

Posted on   |  by James Riley
CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall was not everyone’s first pick to lead the national science agency when he was appointed to the role in 2015. But the CSIRO board...