Tag: tech council of australia

Tech sector balks at unfair trading practice bill

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An alliance of consumer groups and the regulator on Tuesday urged the Parliament to pass new laws to make unfair trading practices and certain dark patterns illegal, after business...

CGT startup risk overshadows ‘positive’ RDTI reforms

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Long-awaited reforms to tax breaks for research and development have been largely welcomed by the tech sector as a positive first step in the government’s response to a landmark...

‘Policy inflection point’: Tech sector’s budget warning

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry and Joseph Brookes
Technology industry groups are urging the Albanese government to use Tuesday night’s budget to strengthen Australia’s standing in the global technology race, with AI research and skills among the...

‘Vague’ data centre expectations get a lukewarm reception

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New data centre expectations designed to set out the conditions operators must meet to secure Commonwealth backing have won cautious support from tech industry and environmental groups. But both...

Tech sector’s slice of GDP hits 9 per cent: TCA

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia’s digital uplift has delivered a decade of economic growth, a new report shows, but tech firms are only partly responsible for the boom and have grown increasingly vulnerable...

Gig Guide: ACMA appoints ex-Google exec as first AI officer

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia’s peak media regulator has appointed Google’s former top policy executive Samantha Yorke as its inaugural Chief AI Officer. Ms Yorke joined the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)...

Tech Council taps LaunchVic’s Kate Cornick as CEO

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Tech Council of Australia has found its new chief executive with the appointment of Dr Kate Cornick, a ten-year veteran of the Victorian government’s startup agency LaunchVic. Dr...