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Policy Research Startups Tax

RDTI changes to be reviewed. Again.

There will be another “comprehensive” inquiry into the government’s controversial changes to the research and development tax incentive, with the Opposition planning to “interrogate” the unintended consequences of the...

ServicesAus defends outsourcing cost

3 October 2019 | by Denham Sadler

Outsourcing public sector work and calling in the contractors is often a “timely, cost-effective” option made necessary by the staffing cap and a lack of internal tech expertise, according...

Staff cap restricts CSIRO innovation

3 October 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government’s arbitrary cap on public sector employee numbers is “severely undermining” its science and innovation efforts, according to the CSIRO staff association. In a submission to a...

Paul Shetler at the MHR inquiry

17 September 2018 | by James Riley

My Health Record will ‘fail’ unless it revert to an opt-in model and stricter access controls are implemented, the federal government’s former digital czar has told a senate inquiry....

Senate looks into ‘loot boxes’

4 July 2018 | by James Riley

A senate inquiry has been launched into “loot boxes” in video games, with the potential for the controversial mechanisms to be regulated or completely banned. The motion to refer...

Digital capability problems: Shetler

14 March 2018 | by James Riley

Every four weeks, more than one in eight Australians access government information and public services online. Nearly half of those users experience a problem in doing so, and a...

Talent retention key to game sector

17 September 2015 | by James Riley

A once burgeoning sector, the video games development industry has suffered harsh decline in recent years with international competitors poaching talent, while Abbot’s Government closed the $20 million Australian...