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Murray Hurps leaves AIIA board a year early

Startup sector luminary and director of entrepreneurship at the University of Technology Sydney Murray Hurps has resigned from the board of the Australian Information Industry Association halfway through his...

Qld budget a disappointment for local tech

2 December 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The Queensland state budget has provided few new initiatives focused on technology and innovation and follows the Palaszczuk government’s six-month freeze on new IT projects. The Queensland budget came...

AIIA seeks critical infrastructure exemption

30 November 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The government’s proposed new powers to step in and take control of a company during a cyber-attack should not be applied to data storage companies, according to the Australian...

Concern over ‘rushed’ critical infrastructure law

11 November 2020 | by Denham Sadler

New rules for critical infrastructure covering a broad range of tech firms are being “rushed” without proper scrutiny being applied, according to a number of submissions to government. The...

Industry welcomes new approach to technology

6 October 2020 | by James Riley

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s second budget, delivered as the nation grapples with policies to deliver a post-COVID economic recovery, marks an important milestone in building a competitive digital economy, the...

No consultations on R&D tax changes

29 June 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The government did not undertake any consultation on its planned $1.8 billion cut to the R&D tax incentive, with the reintroduction of the significant changes taking major stakeholders by...

Digital infrastructure for the post-COVID future

25 May 2020 | by Robert Hillard

Imagine last year reading a story that began: ‘In 2020 we will have these massive fires and they will burn for months destroying 50 million acres and then we...

The tech-enabled road to recovery: AIIA

18 May 2020 | by James Riley

The role of the information technology industry supporting other parts of the economy has been under-appreciated up until COVID-19, according to the Australian Information Industry Association chief executive Ron...

Tech workers: Front line of essential services

26 March 2020 | by James Riley

Debate is underway on how to apply key classes of technology worker to essential service definitions in the event that mandatory lock-downs are applied across Australia in order to...

AIIA, ACS and Engineers seek single voice

25 March 2020 | by James Riley

Three of the nation’s most powerful technology-related associations are in talks on formalising collaborative arrangements that would allow the tech industry and its professionals to present a single voice...

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