Steve Vamos, the former Microsoft Australia managing director and current Telstra board member, tells a story about Bill Gatesâ ability to see things that many of us canât. Many...
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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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Less than a year after entering the Victorian Parliament as a newbie MP, Philip Dalidakis finds himself with a seat in cabinet as the Stateâs freshly-minted Small Business and...
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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...
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New research to be published today concludes that the NBN will result in a 1.8 per cent increase in Australiaâs GDP by the mid-2020s. The research paper is a...
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Itâs not often Australia hosts the global CEO of a multinational technology outfit. That changed briefly last week when networking giant Huaweiâs chief executive, Ken Hu, shared a platform...
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Digital disruption has turned much of the corporate sector on its head in the past ten years, laying waste to jobs in some areas while creating whole new industries...
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The Australian Government plan to sell a 12-month âpathway to permanent residencyâ to business migrants for $15 million seems to be a policy at odds with itself. The new...
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The 800 pound gorilla of the Australian technology sector â Telstra â has gently lifted the covers from its shiny new startup accelerator program, tiptoeing carefully into the market...
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Labor leader Bill Shorten has produced a mixed bag of the old and the new in his shadow cabinet; some good, some less than good. In the many and...
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Everyone has an opinion about Mike Quigleyâs performance as the founding CEO of the NBN Company. No-one seems shy about sharing their view. So hereâs my two-bits. Mike Quigley...
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Anthony Albanese is one of this parliamentâs best performers, always on the front-foot and always scrapping. The new Prime Ministerâs decision to give him Communications portfolio is not a...