It is apparent the revamped Government is committed to raise the effectiveness of the innovation system, and that the opposition also shares this ambition. The need for this transformation...
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It didn’t really matter who Wyatt Roy invited to his first Policy Hack event, held in partnership with the Sydney incubator/accelerator Blue Chilli. He was always going to be...
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“We’re listening” was the message clearly ringing out from Canberra today. Except it was being sung by the Innovation Minister Wyatt Roy, and Minister for Employment and Women Michaelia...
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The NSW Government will unveil a series of landmark digital initiatives at the end of October, including the launch of its own digital authentication and transaction aggregation platform called...
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Paul Shetler, the head of the government’s Digital Transformation Office, has unveiled the agency’s first projects. With no fanfare, the details were quietly disclosed on the DTO’s blog. Mr...
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If a company wants to foster innovation it needs to start with the right conversations. And until senior management kicks those off, it’s not going to happen. Malcolm Turnbull...
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Melbourne IT’s CEO Martin Mercer believes governments, at all levels, should make their data more available. That will enable a whole range of possibilities from new apps and new...
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The embattled National Broadband Network company has lost yet another senior executive with its chief operating officer, former Telstra executive Greg Adcock, leaving after less than two years. Mr...
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When news emerged late last month that Australia’s greatest software success story, Atlassian, planned to list on the New York Stock Exchange there was some gnashing of the teeth...
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Regulation is often cast as one of the major impediments to innovation. Normally the concern is about regulation that impedes market entry, but the ACCC and its interpretation of...
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Australia’s GDP is 8.5 per cent higher because of the impact of university education on the workforce – adding $140 billion to the nation’s coffers last year. The figure,...
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Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has used her visit to San Francisco for the annual bilateral foreign and defence talks known as AUSMIN to underscore the clear message from...
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Australian Government ICT procurement is set to undergo its most radical overhaul since the 2008 Gershon Review of public sector tech spending and may include an Aussie version of...
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Having been quietly shelved two years ago, Australia’s plans to join the multilateral Open Government Partnership are being dusted off by Malcolm Turnbull and an announcement to formally sign-on...