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Labor readies new Centrelink probe

The Federal Opposition has called for a Senate inquest into the Centrelink debacle with Shadow Minister for Human Services Linda Burney saying the government had its “head in the...

Surprise! A new year, new minister

Congratulations Australia, you’ve been given a brand new Industry Minister! Yes, it’s your fourth industry minister in the past year and a half, but still – it’s exciting! And...

Meet ex-Atlassian cyber Tsar Davies

The inaugural CEO of the newly-created Australian Cyber Security Growth Network says he wants the organisation to act as a “cheerleader” for the sector, both locally and abroad. Craig...

Aussie women and VC: trending up

After a twenty-year Silicon Valley tech career, American Julie Demsey packed her bags for a new frontier, moving to a place brimming with startup opportunity and a vibrant supporting...

Pyne eyes role for defence startups

The South Australian Government has brought one of the world’s largest startup accelerators to Adelaide in a move that Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne says demonstrates the importance of...

Tudge responds: Everything is fine

Human Services Minister Alan Tudge says the continuation of the error-prone Centrelink debt recovery scheme was necessary to maintain the “integrity” of Australia’s welfare system. Mr Tudge said the...

Debt debacle is a perfect storm

Shadow Human Services minister Linda Burney has accused the Minister responsible for the Centrelink debt recovery debacle of “going into hiding” over the issue as an independent investigation into...

Gov’t blind to Centrelink farce

The federal government continues to back its highly controversial automated Centrelink debt recovery system despite heavy criticism and digital transformation heavyweight Paul Shetler labelling it “appalling”. The newly automated...

When ex-CDO’s go postal: Shetler

The high error rate of Centrelink’s automated debt recovery operation is “catastrophic”, “shocking”, “appalling” and “extremely preventable,” according to the Turnbull Government’s former digital transformation tsar Paul Shetler. And...

Summer reading: A lazy book list

Ho, Ho, Ho, you beautiful people. We are readying the car for an insanely long road-trip through the deserts of the ‘real Australia’ and have been gathering all the...

Long-termism is a policy imperative

This week the first trailer for the movie every tech-head has been waiting for popped up. I’m talking about the sequel to the 1982 science fiction classic Blade Runner,...

New innovation fund takes shape

With the appointment this month of investment managers to oversee the $500 million Biomedical Translation Fund, Industry Minister Greg Hunt will likely now turn to the creation of a...

Scrooge is clearly an ATO tech guy

The ATO has moved to absolve itself of any deficiency in IT operations management skills after ruining Christmas for the nation’s tax accountants with an unprecedented three day outage....

Chaotic plan for regional comms

The Turnbull Government has released draft legislation for an industry levy called the Regional Broadband Scheme (RBS) that will partially fund NBN Co’s loss-making fixed-wireless and satellite services. This...