ADDRESS TO AFR INNOVATION SUMMIT 2018: PROSPERITY THROUGH INNOVATION, MAKING IT HAPPEN
Monday, 30 July 2018
WELCOME Good morning and special thanks to the Australian Financial Review for the invitation to speak this morning, particularly editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury. Since I last had a chance to speak with you, a lot has happened – not surprisingly. However one of the thoughts I’d like to press today doesn’t concentrate on the volume of
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MEDIA RELEASE – STOP HIDING FROM DOUBTS ABOUT PATH PROGRAM
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
The over hyped PaTH intern program seems to be following the worrying trajectory of many other Turnbull government jobs programs. Questions are being raised about the PaTH program’s protection of young jobseekers exploitation and unsafe work practices. An FOI document related to the Turnbull Government’s Youth Jobs PaTH program reinforces these concerns. Despite Turnbull Government
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MEDIA RELEASE – GOVERNMENT MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO ACCESS CENTRELINK
Monday, 25 June 2018
Anglicare has released a report today finding that the Government’s digitisation and automation of Centrelink is making it more for Australians to access Centrelink. Over the past year, the Government has attempted to shift more people to managing their Centrelink matters online. But this transition has not been easy for older Australians and vulnerable Australians.
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OPINION PIECE – FACEBOOK ISN’T THE ONLY ONE IN TROUBLE
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
The CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg made his new year’s resolution pretty public. In January, he told the world his personal priority was: fixing Facebook. In March, as outrage about Facebook’s failure to protect users’ data metastasised phenomenally, the firm’s share price plummeted a whopping $45bn – in just one week. That’s roughly five times
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ADDRESS TO THE APAC BLOCKCHAIN CONFERENCE
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
In this sense government could become an energetic user of Blockchain, like the many other links in the chains and the system. The CSIRO has also proposed the idea of specialised identity ledgers as a practical approach to managing identity, and associated regulatory compliance, and for facilitating interoperability between distributed ledgers. The government uses a
TRANSCRIPT – TV INTERVIEW – SKY NEWS – WEDNESDAY, 7 MARCH 2018
Wednesday, 07 March 2018
E&OE TRANSCRIPT TELEVISION INTERVIEW SKY NEWS, AM AGENDA WEDNESDAY, 7 MARCH 2018 SUBJECT/S: Adani, Gig economy KIERAN GILBERT: Let’s go to Ed Husic now, the Shadow Minister for Employment Services. On the broader issue of certainty as Jackson touched on there, and I guess the frustration among some of your colleagues Mr Husic is that
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TRANSCRIPT – TV INTERVIEW – SKY NEWS – WEDNESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2018
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
E&OE TRANSCRIPT TELEVISION INTERVIEW SKY NEWS, AM AGENDA WEDNESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2018 SUBJECT/S: Future of Work, digital economy. TOM O’CONNELL: Joining me live now is another Labor frontbencher, Ed Husic. Thanks for your time today, Ed Husic. I know you’ve got a few different hats within your portfolio but one of them the Future of
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INNOVATION REPORT HIGHLIGHTS TURNBULL’S FAILURES
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
The release of Innovation Science Australia’s (ISA) 2030 Strategic Plan today highlights the failure of Malcolm Turnbull to invest in policies crucial to Australia’s future prosperity. The Plan does not deliver the comprehensive reform envisaged when the Turnbull Government announced its National Innovation and Science Agenda in 2015. Instead, the 2030 Strategic Plan offers piecemeal
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WELCOME TO NEW CHAIR OF FINTECH AUSTRALIA
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Shadow Minister for Digital Economy Ed Husic has welcomed the news that FinTech Australia has appointed Stuart Stoyan as its new Chairperson. “Through his role as CEO of Australian marketplace lender MoneyPlace, Stuart can speak with a great deal of authority about the policies that will help our local fintech sector. “I look forward to
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POSITION VACANT – EOB OFFICE MANAGER
Monday, 06 November 2017
OFFICE OF THE HON ED HUSIC MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR THE DIGITAL ECONOMY SHADOW MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, WORKPLACE PARTICIPATION AND FUTURE OF WORK MEMBER FOR CHIFLEY OFFICE MANAGER (EOB) Applications are invited for the above full-time position based in Western Sydney. The principal duties of the position include: Managing the MP’s electorate office team
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