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‘Regulation is coming’: ASIC chair tells crypto ecosystem

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission must become a “digital savvy regulator” to tackle growing regulatory challenges including crypto assets and investment scams according to its chair Joseph Longo....

IBM’s whole of government deal doubles to $2bn

IBM’s government-wide sourcing deal has ballooned to more than $2 billion, double what it was slated to cost over five years in 2018, as negotiations begin on the next...

Andy Penn on rightsizing our giant cybersecurity challenges

Outgoing Telstra chief Andy Penn has criticised the implementation of the former federal government’s $1.7 billion 2020 cyber strategy he helped develop, warning “insufficient progress” had been made, even...

Cultural change needs revised thinking and renewed acceptance

Being the change you want to see in the world starts by broadening your collective outlook. The Counterpoint Conversations — Cultural Change Unlocks Innovation whitepaper centres on the importance...

Toward the next generation of digital entrepreneurs

Atlassian, Canva and SafetyCulture are examples of successful companies that began their life as digital startups in Australia. These companies have set campuses, venture capital firms, co-working spaces and...

Powering industry development with venture capital

The venture funding of emerging industry clusters are currently disconnected from Australian industry development policy. To fully fund a specialist emerging industry, one needs a highly liquid deep tech...

Tim Ayres hosts heavy industry and trade roundtables

Representatives from 15 heavy industry organisations will meet on Tuesday morning at a roundtable hosted by Assistant Minister for Manufacturing and Trade Tim Ayres as part of the Jobs...

Husic mulls ongoing manufacturing grants review

Industry minister Ed Husic says there will be no “rash decisions” as he considers an internal review of the previous government’s flagship manufacturing program which could jeopardise grant commitments...

Work on ‘token mapping’ for crypto assets to begin

The federal Treasury will begin ‘token mapping‘ work this year to create a consistent taxonomy to inform how crypto assets and associated services should be regulated. Token mapping is...

CyRise and AISA partner for cyber leadership network

To help cultivate cybersecurity leadership in Australia, cybersecurity accelerator CyRise has teamed up with the Australian Information Security Association to launch an invite-only network and peer-to-peer education program. CyRise...

In the room at the Advanced Manufacturing skills forum

The highly anticipated Advanced Manufacturing skills roundtable hosted by Industry minister Ed Husic attracted 22 leaders from business, industry growth centres, Cooperative Research Centres and the union movement. The...

Prescriptions for a robust quantum industry

Australia and its allies are now faced with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a greenfield quantum technology industry, predicted by analysts to be worth over $1 trillion over the...

Manufacturing is a capability; Here’s what we need

Manufacturing is the answer. I know this because back in May of this year I stood in front of Australia’s first gigafactory in the making. In Tomago, New South...

Govt puts national interest technology under review

The federal government has put the nation’s list of critical technologies under review less than a year after the first ever national interest industrial blueprint was published by former...