Tag: Ed Husic

Summer reading: An ultimate list

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Ho Ho Ho and Merry Christmas to all fellow travellers and happy campers! May you all get the holiday break you deserve after a hilarious and ridiculously busy 2017....

Brakes on equity crowdfunding

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government failed to pass amendments to the equity crowdfunding regime before the end of the year, meaning private companies won’t be able to access the funding method until...

Big Tech has a leadership problem

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Big Tech is on the nose in large parts of the community which does not trust its motives and fails to recognise its promise, according to Labor digital economy...

Getting on the policy front-foot

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Government must get on the front foot in embracing and regulating new technologies to ensure Australia can be a “test bed” for the world’s great innovations, Assistant Innovation Minister...

Ed Husic and the Future of Work

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor’s spokesman on the digital economy Ed Husic has become a fixture in the innovation and startup sector in the past couple of years. He is a pragmatic original...

Sinodinos takes some time out

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Just hours after unveiling a strategic review of the Australian Government’s digital economy policies, Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos has announced he will take leave of absence from the Parliament...

Husic says bye-bye to the birdie

Posted on   |  by James Riley
He may be the shadow minister for the digital economy, but Labor MP Ed Husic has pulled the plug on using Twitter. Mr Husic has been one of the...

Big changes to crowdfunding laws

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Treasurer Scott Morrison will today unveil a new legislative package that will extend crowdsourced equity funding to private companies, effectively removing what had been the single biggest barrier to...

DHS contractors face fraud probe

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
More than 50 tech subcontractors to the Department of Human Services are being investigated for fraud, with the Opposition saying this justifies the upcoming Senate inquiry into the Commonwealth’s...