Prime Minister Turnbull has announced his new Ministry, and in doing so continued his charm offensive. Referring to his Government as a 21st century one was yet another reference...
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has made good on his promise of putting innovation at the heart of his economic narrative, moving key chunks of governmentâs digital framework into Department...
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Our new Prime Minister is being publicly attacked by sections of the technology sector for postponing a trade delegation to Silicon Valley that was due to start just 10...
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In what we now know were the dying days of the Abbott government, the former Prime Ministerâs all powerful chief of staff Peta Credlin, was laying plans to try...
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In May 2011, in his final months as Australiaâs Ambassador to China, Geoff Raby âone of Australiaâ most outspoken diplomats in recent years – delivered the withering put down...
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Malcolm Turnbull is offering Australia a different style of leadership. He has promised to be more consultative, more collegiate. Tony Abbott offered the same, but didnât deliver. And Malcolm...
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I started this week to write a note about conducting corporate innovation programs when I was once again distracted by Mike Baird, in this case, announcing his revised “Premier’s...
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Forbes magazine titled a 2013 article Lessons From Uber: Why Innovation And Regulation Don’t Mix. Itâs a common enough view in innovation circles. Research by the Manchester Business School...
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On the afternoon of September 14, when Malcolm Turnbull made his successful pitch to replace Tony Abbott as Prime Minister, he chose to use Laborâs opposition to FTA as...
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The swearing in of Malcolm Turnbull as Australiaâs 29th Prime Minister will inevitably bring the powerful technological forces that are re-shaping our economy into sharper focus. This was one...
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Tim Watts is one of the new faces in the Federal Parliament, having been elected to Nicola Roxonâs old seat of Gellibrand in the âClass of 2013.â He is a...
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The issue of âdigital inclusionâ is usually considered to be a matter of social policy. Events at this yearâs ACCAN conference Dollars and Bytes â Communications affordability now and...
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Perhaps the main attraction to Singapore, the city-state pulling out all the stops to become the technology hub of Southeast Asia, is simple: money. Not only is Singapore full...
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The chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Rod Sims said some fairly straight-forward things about affordability in the telecommunications sector and seems to have put noses out...