Sydney startup Secure Code Warrior has developed a vibrant business based on using game-playing techniques to teach developers how to code securely. This gamification technique is proving a great...
Skills
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The ‘sexiest job of the 21st century’ does not have many takers, and Microsoft has come up with a solution to close the skills gap. The term was coined...
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State-based payroll taxes are a retrograde measure that act as a handbrake on growth. They are in urgent need of a rethink. You won’t find anyone with good word...
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StartupAUS has released a discussion paper on the way new technologies and innovation are changing the nature of work and the workforce. The paper is called ‘Economy in Transition...
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There are noises coming from Canberra suggesting Digital Transformation Office’ CEO Paul Shetler is “gone;” that he won’t be in the role much longer. That it’s all over for...
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Melbourne’s innovation industry body Startup Victoria did not take long to appoint a new chief upon the announcement of CEO Scott Handsaker’s resignation in March. Local entrepreneur Georgia Beattie...
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Bigger and better – that’s what this year’s GovHack organisers are gunning for. From humble beginnings as a small data mashup event in 2009, GovHack is now the world’s...
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Professor Roy Green is one of Australia’s foremost thinkers on innovation ecosystem policy. And like the rest of us, he’s feeling slightly deflated. The University of Technology Sydney Business...
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With the Ministry sworn in and the Shadow Ministry appointed we complete the transition from an election period back to normal government. It is also the point at which...
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics has produced a detailed report quantifying the level of innovation in Australian business. The results are not good. The amount of innovation being undertaken...
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Singapore, the country that gave social engineering a good name, has come up with a sure-fire way to ensure its government computers are not hacked. It is disconnecting them...
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Cybersecurity threats and expenditure are growing massively, with the emphasis moving strongly to business issues. That’s the key issue to come out of the fourth annual Asia Pacific RSA...
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Liberal rising star Josh Frydenberg has had environment added to his energy portfolio. And it makes sense that the two are combined into one ministry, given how closely related...
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull committed before the election to make only minor changes to his ministry. And true to his word, as ministerial reshuffles go, the post-election changes announced...