Australian boards of directors must include more young people and focus on driving innovation change to avoid being “smashed” by the upcoming digital revolution, according to Data61 chief executive...
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AustCyber is readying a nationwide standards for TAFE institutions in an effort to make Australia the “leading force” in cyber security education. AustCyber chief executive Craig Davies said the...
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The Reserve Bank of Australia is keenly observing the development of digital currencies and has acknowledged the vast opportunities that the blockchain offers the financial sector. Speaking at a...
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Despite having three years to comply with the federal government’s top four mandatory cybersecurity mitigation strategies, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and the Immigration department have both failed to...
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Five years ago, the global Chief Innovation Officer at a multi-billion dollar construction firm was making the case to move away from printing out paperwork to take on-site. It...
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In the month when the last Holden and the last Toyota rolled off a local assembly line putting an irretrievable dent in Australia’s manufacturing capability, the Coalition sought political...
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A broader range of FinTechs will be able to access license exemptions to test new products for twice the amount of time under new rules aimed at attracting companies...
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ConstructionTech could be the sleeper in the Australian xTech market as a new report finds close to $100 million has been invested in ConstructionTech startups since 2016. While FinTechs,...
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Legislation outlining a new data-sharing regime within the Victorian government with the aim of improving policy-making has been introduced to Parliament. The Victorian Data Sharing Bill 2017 aims to...
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The ACCC will release a draft report on competition issues in the telecommunications sector within days, just as the industry labours under a barrage of bad publicity following the...
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It has taken four years for the government and the NBN Co to finally admit what many people have been predicting since the very beginning of the change in...
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The controversial group tasked with managing the .au internet domain is under scrutiny as part of an upcoming Federal review of governance arrangements. Communications Minister Mitch Fifield announced a...
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The window to reform Australia’s economy will close quickly unless enterprise and Government now firmly grasp the innovation nettle and grow their appetite for risk, according to the chairman...
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The recent disclosure by the Australian Signals Directorate that a defence contractor had lost 30 gigabytes of sensitive, but not classified, data to hacking caused a flap in the...