Tag: Election 2016

Husic gets tough on policy support

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Whatever bipartisan support there has been for innovation policy will be delivered with a sharper edge in the next parliament, according to Labor digital innovation and startups spokesman Ed...

Machine voting to ease leg work

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
One outcome of the election on July 2 has been a collective frustration with how long it has taken to learn the result; though it is incorrect to call...

Digital arts needs much more focus

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is hardly news that the Australian government’s Arts budget had been decimated by the proudly-culture free Tony Abbott and the Queenslander he put in charge of the portfolio,...

Stand and deliver: Voters are angry

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As he stood before the nation nine months ago, flushed with the success of his perfectly executed party room coup Malcolm Turnbull, a man who had mastered everything he...

The economy and the NBN future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s last pitch to the Australian electorate was to secure the economic future by electing a stable Coalition Government. The voters ignored him. More counting through...

Wyatt pays a high price for work

Posted on   |  by James Riley
We will leave the reading of the tea leaves on the likelihood of a hung parliament to others. But it does seem clear that the Coalition has lost its...

Winners & losers in a tough game

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Innovation politics has paid out some harsh lessons for the Coalition on the wild ride of the Australian electorate during July 2’s double dissolution poll. With the final vote...

The Coalition has done enough

Posted on   |  by James Riley
This eight week campaign has seen the technology and innovation policy debated more often and in more detail than any previous Federal election. This of course is a good...

Time to stop demonising Greens

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
The election is upon us and both major parties have been demonising The Greens. The level of vitriol directed towards them is most likely counter-productive – it is simply...