Tag: policy

Digital strategy quietly unveiled

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It has taken three ministers and 18 months of work to get it done, but the federal government has quietly released its much anticipated digital economy strategy in a...

Pakula new Vic Innovation Minister

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Former Attorney-General Martin Pakula has been appointed as the new Victorian innovation minister as part of a major state government cabinet reshuffle. Mr Pakula, who served as the chief...

The path to national identity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The issues paper from InnovationAus.com’s Civic Nation 2018 roundtable on National Identity & Cybersecurity has been released for download here, exploring critical policy concerns in the sector from a...

Data sharing policy pitfalls

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Data management and regulation issues in the Australian government sector were all key discussion points at the Data and Analytics Policy Strategy Session held as part of InnovationAus.com’s Civic...

Putting AI on the policy agenda

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Artificial Intelligence ethical and legal frameworks, together with the struggle for local industry growth, were all key talking points at the AI Policy Strategy Session (PDF) held as part of...

Asia drives new innovation plans

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
The technology race across the region continues to accelerate, even as the Turnbull Government’s wheels turn far more slowly to a re-positioning of its own innovation policy under Greg...

Victoria outlines five-year ICT plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Victorian Government has released a new ICT strategy, the first comprehensive statement on information technology since the Andrews Labor government was elected in November 2014. The new strategy...

Turnbull reshapes economic future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
With the launch of the National Innovation and Science Agenda, the Prime Minister has put his shoulder to wheel in steering a new cultural direction for the nation’s economic...

Wyatt Roy to host policy hackathon

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In this exclusive interview, freshly-minted Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy told InnovationAus.com that he will host a weekend ‘government hackathon,’ drawing together the disparate interests of the tech...