Leaders from around south-east Asia will converge on Sydney over the weekend – with large trade delegations in tow – for a “historic and unprecedented” summit with a focus...
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The federal government’s women’s advisory panel on innovation has met for the first time, more than a year after the initiative was first announced. The Industry, Innovation and Science...
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A range of new policies and incentives is required if Australia wants to follow in Canada’s footsteps and develop a world-leading games development industry, according to Entertainment Software Association...
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Atlassian co-founder and co-chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes has told a senate committee investigating the future of work and workers that Australia must get behind the local industry and called...
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The Australian Government’s former digital transformation supremo Paul Shetler will give evidence on day one of the Senate’s inquiry into digital service delivery this week, calling for a radical...
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The NSW government and local tech management heavyweight David Thodey have hit back at a Murdoch press story that claimed the $190 million Jobs for NSW fund had led...
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CSIRO has a foot on the beach with its planned Asia expansion, after installing a rising star executive as Singapore director and based in the city-state. Liza Noonan is...
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Freelancer.com looks to have been be caught up in another privacy breach debacle, after one of its European account holders filed a $60,000 complaint with the Office of Australian...
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The transforming potential of data and analytics is the focus of CEDA’s Economic and Political outlook report for 2018. But it questions Australia’s preparedness to meet challenges in these...
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Australia needs to pick up the pace in creating gender diversity within the tech and innovation sector or lose global competitiveness in this critical arena. While International Women’s Day...
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It might be International Women’s Day on Thursday – but for women working in technology it’s still a long way from Equal Pay Day. Right now, there’s a 20...
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Federal Labor is currently putting its own policy package together to support the burgeoning Australian games development sector with “holistic” initiatives to fill the gap left by the government’s...
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Immigration minister Peter Dutton has unveiled a pilot program for a new ‘entrepreneur visa’ that would let foreign entrepreneurs and investors with an “innovative idea and a supporting business...
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The federal government will meet quarterly with tech giants including Facebook and Google to “hold their feet to the fire” on combating cyber-bullying and making their online platforms safer...