Australia’s cyber security skills crisis won’t be solved by thinking conventionally and relying on traditional training methods or talent pools, said Sandra Ragg, Head of the Office of the...
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Every year the Australian Financial Review publishes the Fast 100, a list of the fastest growing companies in Australia over the preceding three years. Top of the list in...
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Australia needs to get its act together fast with its incubator and accelerator programs, produce and or import more electronic engineering geeks quickly, and fix its poor research commercialisation...
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Educational organisations around the country have signed up to new national standards for cyber security training in an effort to address Australia’s “critical” skills gap. The guidelines ensure a...
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Hot on the heels of Australia’s landmark $90 billion Naval Shipbuilding Plan, a debate has been raging about a new technology that will first supplement and eventually supplant many...
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At first glance, Christmas trees aren’t particularly innovative. They’ve been around for centuries, and their lighting has transitioned from candles to incandescent, and now LEDs. But that’s about it....
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While Australian regulators grapple with how to best manage the legalities surrounding blockchain tech, financial services giant Commonwealth Bank of Australia is preparing to launch what it claims will...
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David Thodey uses the word ‘wonderful’ often – to describe Australia’s research, opportunities, education, skills and assets. The fact he doesn’t use the word to describe the NBN is...
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The political power building inside the big social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook is probably already too difficult to constrain says the man who led the adtech team...
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The federal government is weirdly reluctant to embrace its own success in relation to the rude health of the Australian startup sector. The collective momentum of young entrepreneurs in...
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A large tech conference due to take place in Melbourne this year has been postponed, despite the Victorian government paying for the rights to hold it exclusively in the...
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Total Australian government support for research and development increased by 9 per cent during 2008-2016, according to the latest OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard, making Australia among the...
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Simply spending corporate funds on traditional research and development programs is not the best path towards business innovation, said PwC Partner Aaron LePoidevin. Instead, organisations need to embark on...
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Australia’s competition watchdog has launched an inquiry into the impact digital platforms like Facebook and Google are having on media and advertising disruption. The federal government has formally instructed...