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Willox: Skills are a massive problem

Australia is in danger of falling off the skills cliff according to Australian Industry Group CEO, Innes Willox – severely limiting organisations’ ability to innovate and grow. AI Group...

ACCC brings a stick to the NBN

The competition watchdog’s draft report into the country’s communications sector has lobbed into the middle of an NBN battlefield as the network engages in landmark price negotiations, and fights...

Australia has a board problem

Australian boards of directors must include more young people and focus on driving innovation change to avoid being “smashed” by the upcoming digital revolution, according to Data61 chief executive...

AustCyber’s brand new curriculum

AustCyber is readying a nationwide standards for TAFE institutions in an effort to make Australia the “leading force” in cyber security education. AustCyber chief executive Craig Davies said the...

RBA plugs new digital currencies

The Reserve Bank of Australia is keenly observing the development of digital currencies and has acknowledged the vast opportunities that the blockchain offers the financial sector. Speaking at a...

A blind eye to ASD top four

Despite having three years to comply with the federal government’s top four mandatory cybersecurity mitigation strategies, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and the Immigration department have both failed to...

Digital builds a new revolution

Five years ago, the global Chief Innovation Officer at a multi-billion dollar construction firm was making the case to move away from printing out paperwork to take on-site. It...

A last gasp for manufacturing?

In the month when the last Holden and the last Toyota rolled off a local assembly line putting an irretrievable dent in Australia’s manufacturing capability, the Coalition sought political...

ScoMo’s changes to the sandbox

A broader range of FinTechs will be able to access license exemptions to test new products for twice the amount of time under new rules aimed at attracting companies...

ConstructionTech is an Aussie gem

ConstructionTech could be the sleeper in the Australian xTech market as a new report finds close to $100 million has been invested in ConstructionTech startups since 2016. While FinTechs,...

Victoria’s new data sharing regime

Legislation outlining a new data-sharing regime within the Victorian government with the aim of improving policy-making has been introduced to Parliament. The Victorian Data Sharing Bill 2017 aims to...

Telco’s brace for ACCC draft report

The ACCC will release a draft report on competition issues in the telecommunications sector within days, just as the industry labours under a barrage of bad publicity following the...

NBN blame game has started

It has taken four years for the government and the NBN Co to finally admit what many people have been predicting since the very beginning of the change in...

Spotlight put on net governance

The controversial group tasked with managing the .au internet domain is under scrutiny as part of an upcoming Federal review of governance arrangements. Communications Minister Mitch Fifield announced a...