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Mike Burgess gets ASIO call-up

Less than two years ago, Mike Burgess was the chief information security officer within Australia’s largest telecommunications carrier Telstra. From the middle of next month he will become the...

PM sets new goals for digital skills

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
In his first major domestic speech since the May 18 federal poll, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pledged to improve Australia’s digital skills, and to drive the uptake of...

DTA remain an independent agency

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency will remain an independent agency but has been moved under the remit of the new Services Australia department, a rebadged Department of Human Services. The...

Services Australia fizzles to life

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Services Australia sputtered to life on Thursday, not as an artful clone of the highly successful NSW delivery agency Service NSW, but as a simply re-named Department of Human...

Andrews outlines first 100 days

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Job creation and building industrial capacity would be central themes for the Morrison government across portfolios, newly reappointed Industry, Research and Technology Minister Karen Andrews says. In the next...

Tech sector hails stability at Industry

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The technology sector has welcomed the reappointment of Karen Andrews as industry minister with hopes it will bring newfound policy stability after going through six ministers in the last...

Renewed focus on service delivery

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In naming his second ministry on Sunday, Scott Morrison unveiled dramatic changes to the federal service delivery structures, as well as a new communications minister and steady-as-she-goes continuity in...

Sovereign capability and the DTA

Posted on   |  by James Riley
What will Prime Minister Scott Morrison do with the Digital Transformation Agency, the forgotten child of the Commonwealth? The DTA has been many things to many people in the...

Tech sector seeks key economic role

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The newly-elected Coalition government has been urged to include technology and digital skills in its broader economic vision after a “miracle” win on the weekend. With the Coalition now...

Karen Andrews on the election win

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Karen Andrews was the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology in the previous Morrison Government and does not want to tempt fate by speculating on whether she will retain...