Tag: Malcolm Turnbull

Turnbull’s an old China hand

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In May 2011, in his final months as Australia’s Ambassador to China, Geoff Raby –one of Australia’ most outspoken diplomats in recent years – delivered the withering put down...

What next for tech, Malcolm?

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Malcolm Turnbull is offering Australia a different style of leadership. He has promised to be more consultative, more collegiate. Tony Abbott offered the same, but didn’t deliver. And Malcolm...

Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister

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The swearing in of Malcolm Turnbull as Australia’s 29th Prime Minister will inevitably bring the powerful technological forces that are re-shaping our economy into sharper focus. This was one...

Digital inclusion is a business issue

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The issue of “digital inclusion” is usually considered to be a matter of social policy. Events at this year’s ACCAN conference Dollars and Bytes – Communications affordability now and...

Dalidakis: Vic’s newest Minister

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Less than a year after entering the Victorian Parliament as a newbie MP, Philip Dalidakis finds himself with a seat in cabinet as the State’s freshly-minted Small Business and...

NBN to underpin GDP growth

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New research to be published today concludes that the NBN will result in a 1.8 per cent increase in Australia’s GDP by the mid-2020s. The research paper is a...

DTO sets up in grungy Ultimo

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Australia’s shiny new Digital Transformation Office is getting down and dirty in the hipster heartland. The nation’s newest agency is to set up shop inside a bunker-style co-location workspace...

A political football named NBN Co

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I wish it were otherwise, but it is impossible to cover the innovation sector in Australia without occasionally writing about the National Broadband Network. The notion of a broadband...

Turnbull: Digital power of example

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The Deloitte Access Economics report on Digital government transformation launched yesterday by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull paints a very big picture, populated by very big numbers. The headline take-outs...