With the world’s fourth largest accumulation of superannuation savings and a stock market dominated by the financial services sector in the shape of banks, investment funds and insurers, it’s...
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Smaller cities like Bendigo present a huge opportunity to act as large-scale proof of concept projects for smart cities strategic policy planning, experts say. Victoria’s Minister for Public Transport...
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The Snowy Hydro expansion is an example of how good cities policies aren’t properly realised until decades in the future, Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation Angus Taylor...
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You wouldn’t want to bet your house on the veracity of global startup ecosystem rankings. But if you take them with a grain of salt, they are a yardstick...
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The fifth and final of Australia’s much-ballyhooed international ‘Landing Pads’ is now operational in Singapore. It joins those in San Francisco, Berlin, Shanghai and Tel Aviv. The Landing Pads are...
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You can’t fault the billionaire Australian software entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes’ motivation for pressing for a 100MW battery storage facility to be set up in South Australia to help it through...
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If there were any doubts about the broad direction of the next wave of technological development, China has put them to rest with a national artificial intelligence strategy amid...
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In the fast evolving digital economy, smarter cities policy will drive the nation’s ability to both innovate and compete in global markets, as well as provide the platform for economic...
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Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has recommitted Labor’s focus on globalisation and large scale multilateral trade deals in a big set-piece speech on Tuesday. Speaking at the Lowy Institute, Mr...
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As extraordinary as it seems to actually write this down, the ultra-premium office space at the harbourside finance and professional services mecca of Barangaroo is being considered as the...
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A little over a year after CSIRO unveiled its controversial plans to restructure, its chairman David Thodey said that the moves are “kicking some goals” but cautioned that the...
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A new report places Australia seventh in the number of tech industry exits in 2016. Exits are a good thing, based on the terminology used in the startup industry....
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More than two weeks after the Australian and New Zealand governments unveiled a bilateral Science, Research and Innovation Cooperation Agreement, details of initiatives under the treaty have now emerged....
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Wary of looming shortages of digital security specialists, the federal government hopes to unearth the next generation of cyber warriors with its upcoming Cyber Security Challenge. While the challenge...