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Rocky ride at the top for CSIRO

It is telling that the freshly-minted Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Greg Hunt this week publicly offered his “full support” to CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall. These words...

The brains behind Telstra software

27 April 2016 | by Michael Sainsbury

Charlotte Yarkoni certainly has the credentials to be the real US tech deal, studying computer engineering at top tier colleges in her home country, first at University of California’s...

Thodey: We must be bolder, faster

18 April 2016 | by James Riley

For all of the loud and powerful corporate voices who are comfortable telling government and the rest of us what to do, there is one that is trusted above...

Telstra walks from San Miguel deal

15 March 2016 | by Michael Sainsbury

Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has just been forced to walk away from his first big Asian deal, to partner with the San Miguel group to build the Philippine’s...

Data61 confronts next big challenge

28 January 2016 | by James Riley

There is a lot to like about Data61 and the unmatched ambition of its strategic plan, announced to the media a week ago. And there is a lot to...

Are there no women in Camelot?

1 December 2015 | by James Riley

The list of senior leadership appointments to the Commonwealth’s innovation infrastructure is impressive, bringing a diversity of business and commercial experience to the roles that had perhaps been lacking....

Vamos II: looking at the Big Picture

25 September 2015 | by James Riley

Telstra board member Steve Vamos has a theory about automation and the rise of technology. The more technology prevails across our workplace and society, he says, the more the...

Thodey Part 2: data analytics is key

19 August 2015 | by James Riley

Australia is facing a skills shortage in the key field of data analytics, amid concerns from incoming CSIRO chief David Thodey that the nation’s education system does not make...

Thodey: It’s time for new thinking

12 August 2015 | by James Riley

Incoming CSIRO chairman and former Telstra chief executive David Thodey has called for a national policy framework and agenda for the technology sector that encompasses the federal and state...

Telstra’s massive eHealth appetite

30 October 2014 | by James Riley

In launching Telstra’s vast ambition to become a major commercial player in the delivery of health services in Australia, David Thodey sounded more like a health minister than a...

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