Author: James Riley

$3.5m for DTA’s digital ID charge model

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A number of consultants will share in more than $3.5 million across just six months to develop a charging model for the federal government’s digital identity scheme, which will...

Science and tech at the centre of Albo’s reshuffle

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has placed science, technology and advanced manufacturing front and centre in Labor’s policy structures as a part of a significant shadow cabinet reshuffle ahead of...

ACCC spotlight turns to Google’s ad dominance

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The competition watchdog is set to propose a range of legislative changes aimed at curbing Google’s display advertising dominance after handing down an interim report into advertising technology services....

Husic gets Industry and Innovation portfolio

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor’s sharpest tech sector advocate Ed Husic has been handed the shadow Industry and Innovation portfolio as part of a sweeping reshuffle of the opposition frontbench unveiled by...

On the brink: Big Tech fight escalates

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Google’s incendiary threat to shut its internet search services in Australia is simply the latest expression – albeit the nuclear option – of a campaign against a proposed law...

WiseTech Global lays out an RDTI tech fix

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
WiseTech Global has laid out potential reforms to the research and development tax incentive to fix the scheme for software development, with the Australian tech giant labelling the current...

Summer reading is never enough: More books

Posted on   |  by James Riley
I have read a lot of books in the past year. But in the rush to get our Summer Reading List into the last newsletter of 2020, I did...

A life well lived: Graeme Philipson passes away

Posted on   |  by Corrie McLeod
Our friend and colleague Graeme Philipson passed away on Tuesday, never having regained consciousness after a freak accident at his home in Sydney. He was 66 years old. If...

Andrew Forrest on the road to renewables

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It’s not every year the prestigious Boyer Lecture prompts the need for an ASX market disclosure document to be filed with the exchange. But that was the case with...