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Govt must prepare for life after Big Tech: Report

The government needs to fast-track significant privacy reforms, put a cap on contracts handed to tech giants and invest in the startup sector in order to address an over-reliance...

Telstra’s Penn to lead Australian cyber strategy

A permanent 10-person advisory committee, helmed by Telstra boss Andy Penn, has been established to guide the implementation of the federal government’s $1.7 billion cybersecurity strategy. The 2020 Cyber...

ISA gets new name, members and industry focus

Innovation and Science Australia has been “refocused and refreshed”, with a new name, several new members and a focus on overseeing the federal government’s $1.5 billion manufacturing strategy. The...

Vic govt rails against FIRB reforms

The Victorian government has railed against the federal government’s proposed reforms to foreign investment rules, saying they would damage the country’s ability to attract innovation, research and development, and...

Govt readies for another go at visa processing

The federal government is getting ready to have another go at building a digital platform to handle visa processing, after its last a failed attempt to outsource these functions...

Electric vehicles, made in South Australia

Australia has an opportunity to be an exporter of electric vehicle technology and drive its modern manufacturing industry, according to ACE-Electric Vehicle Group managing director Greg McGarvie. This month’s...

Gov’t vs ACCC: The NBN cold war turns hot

The government’s efforts to strong-arm the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to adopt a favourable position on NBN Co’s wholesale prices, business market competition and spectrum allocation have...

Newfound drives new FinTech market access

Financial communications surveillance and a bank-linked ethical spending app were among the FinTech pitches from around the world at the recent Newfound Market Mission to Australia event. The inaugural...

The future of courts in a post-COVID world

COVID-19 social distancing prevented judges, lawyers, witnesses and litigants from physically appearing in court. It forced courts to undergo overnight digital transformations and raises the prospect of remote hearings...

‘Profound concern’ about RDTI intensity measure

The Opposition is “profoundly concerned” with the revamped research and development tax incentive intensity measure and has also called for the introduction of a collaboration premium. Legislation making a...

ACCC zeroes in on construction sector data

The Australian competition watchdog is “prioritising” investigation of the construction sector amid concerns that large software providers are charging exorbitant rates to transfer data to other providers and maintain...

Toward a tipping point in tech sector history

The world was already at a tipping point where the convergence of a bunch of different technologies was having a fundamental impact on the way that business is done,...

A 50-year tech industry veteran: Ann Moffatt

After a 50-plus year career in technology, Ann Moffatt is a living legend of the Australian industry. She has been a pioneer, both as a technologist and as a...

The economic benefits of software R&D

Confirmation this week that the Federal Parliament has passed into law the research and development tax incentive (RDTI) will come as welcome news for the thousands of organisations which...