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Thodey’s message to stay the course David Thodey feels a sense of post-COVID-19 optimism in Australian business. But we’ll need resilience too.  Jun 1, 2021 – 12.00am Save Share The NSW government’s new Small Business Innovation Research program is a neat example of government working with the business community to get a clever outcome. The program, part of the R&D action plan being led by Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, Gabrielle Upton, has been steered in part by a group of prominent NSW business people including David Gonski (who chaired the advisory council)...

Australia urgently needs to elevate its discussion of artificial intelligence from the technical to the strategic. The routine calls for more money to be invested in AI in Australia have lacked bite despite the obvious advantages Australia has in AI, particularly at the research level. This week’s budget announcement of increased funding for AI initiatives still falls short of what industry says is required. Australia certainly lags behind many similarly sized economies for AI investment, but more depressing is the lack of vision and leadership needed to incubate a robust AI industry. At t...

Corruption threat from surge in consultants, hollowing out of public service Outsourcing of policy advice doesn't merely undermine the Australian Public Service, a top public policy expert argues, it increases the risk of corruption. Glyn Davis (Image: AAP/Alan Porritt) One of Australia's foremost public policy experts has strongly criticised the dramatic expansion in outsourcing of policy advice by the federal government, warning that it risks corruption and has created a vicious circle of declining public sector expertise. Glyn Davis, a former senior public servant at the state and federal ...

By Justin Hendry on Apr 16, 2021 7:20PM But Stuart Robert to continue as minister in charge. The Digital Transformation Agency will transfer back to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in a move that promises to give the lead IT policy and procurement agency greater clout. Administrative orders issued on Thursday reveal the central department has assumed responsibility for government-wide IT policy and procurement from the Department of Social Services, effective immediately. Social Services has held the crucial IT function since Prime Min...

‘We’ve got to finish the job’: Why Penn isn’t hanging up at Telstra We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Very large text size On the website of executive coach Peter Fuda, you will find glowing testimonials from many executives and board directors at Australian and international companies. Among them are endorsements of Fuda by Telstra’s chief executive Andy Penn and chair John Mullen. Penn, who’s worked with Fuda for at least five years, is exuberant in his praise of the executive coach, so muc...