Tag: David Thodey

We are at risk of slow decline: CSIRO

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Australia is a risk of sliding into a period of slow economic, social and environmental decline unless governments and the business community tackle specific threats head-on, a new report...

Jobs for NSW gets a restructure

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The David Thodey-led industry growth agency Jobs for NSW has been moved into a new Business and Economic Development Unit within the state’s Treasury portfolio, putting it at the...

Thodey reveals APS interim report

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Automation and artificial intelligence present “compelling opportunities” for the Australian public sector to deliver better services to the public, but internal skills gaps need to be addressed urgently, the...

Thodey bells the cat on the economy

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CSIRO chairman and business leader David Thodey has called out Australia’s urgent need to better prepare for a volatile and uncertain future in a speech that also previewed the...

Thodey precinct review released

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The NSW Government has quietly released its David Thodey-led review of its multi-billion dollar Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct proposal, a document that is big on vision but falls...

Pia Andrews joins NSW govt

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Respected open data and government expert Pia Andrews (nee Waugh) has left one of the New Zealand government’s top innovation gigs to return to Australia to take one of...

Cicada to NSW: Don’t forget us

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The boss of Australia’s only “deep tech super incubator” has a simple message for the NSW government following the unveiling last week of plans for a new tech mega...

David Thodey’s precinct advisers

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David Thodey hopes to attract federal infrastructure funding to the just-announced Technology and Innovation Precinct in Sydney, and says the ambitious project will include residential development and a broad...

End of Telstra’s grand bargain

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One of the many things that the National Broadband Network has done is to finally torpedo Telstra’s grand bargain with the Australian government. Once upon a time this bargain...