It’s all out change in Singapore right now when it comes to senior Australian diplomats and business leaders. Australia’s most important partner in Southeast Asia is the scene of...
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Australia’s government-owned science and research agency CSIRO is to open an office in the US, in the San Francisco Bay area, by July. It will be supplemented by smaller...
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The shock departure of NSW Premier Mike Baird and the ascension of Gladys Berejiklian has produced a raft of changes on the ministerial decks, with former innovation minister Victor...
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The rise of fintechs and the digitisation of the finance sector has signalled a “paradigm shift” for both business and government, presenting both with opportunities and challenges Federal Treasurer...
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Expatriate anthropologist and tech industry legend Genevieve Bell is returning to Australia after a career in the US to take up a research role split between the CSIRO’s Data61...
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The Coalition’s latest industry minister might talk tough about the power of the free market but political reality and the rise of populist parties like One Nation will soon...
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Cyber security is the “new frontier of warfare” according to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as he announced unprecedented intelligence briefings for Australian politicians. Speaking outside the Australian Signals Directorate...
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As far as Donald Trump is concerned, the Trans Pacific Partnership is dead. President Trump (get used to saying it) has put a big black line through the TPP,...
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The timing of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s debut appearance at the annual global gabfest that is the annual World Economic Forum in the once barely-known Swiss ski resort of...
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Strong support from the state government has helped consolidate more than half of the Australian games development sector in Victoria, as other states lag behind in supporting the “economic...
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The Digital Transformation Agency had been missing in action throughout the Centrelink debt recovery debacle calling into question its purpose in government, according to shadow minister for the digital...
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As a visibly frightened world braces itself for what is already the most wildly unpredictable administration in at least 100 years. With Donald J. Trump about to become the...
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This year is shaping as the year women become a part of the mainstream in the venture capital industry. There are two aspects to this – the number of...
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Victoria is on the hunt for its first Chief Data Officer as it prepares to open a new agency to ‘transform’ the way it uses data. The Chief Data...