Tag: Election

Labor pledge $7.5m for SKA telescope

Posted on   |  by James Riley
An elected Labor government would provide $7.5 million towards a major telescope project in Western Australia in a “white coat meets blue collar” policy announcement. The funding will be...

Election tech policy scorecard

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Voters should hold the major political parties to account on digital rights and remember the recent litany of tech failures when heading to the polls, Digital Rights Watch chair...

Govt unveils new engineering push

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry Minister Karen Andrews will this morning unveil new details of a $6.2 million schools-based program to produce a bigger pool of potential engineering students from across the nation....

Labor AI centre set for Melbourne

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor’s planned $4 million national centre of excellence for artificial intelligence will be based in Melbourne, with the Opposition turning its attention towards using technology for social good. Labor...

Labor’s new skilled visa crackdown

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor will crack down on the skilled visa scheme if it wins the upcoming election, but has moved to reassure the tech sector that this will not impact efforts...

Election campaign tech wishlist

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal election campaign has officially kicked off, and it’s already clear that the tech sector will not feature in the prominent way it did during former PM Malcolm...

EV scare campaign ‘flies in face of fact’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A toxic scare campaign surrounding electric vehicles in the first week of the federal election campaign “flies in the face of fact” and risks seeing Australia fall even further...

Shorten’s future ready wages pitch

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s wages system needs to be “renovated” to help prepare for technology change, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said, as he positioned the upcoming election as a “referendum on wages”....

NSW Labor digital policy is MIA

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
With just under two months to go before New South Wales voters cast their ballot in the state’s March 23 election, the Labor Opposition has remained tight lipped on...