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

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

Good morning and special thanks to the Australian Financial Review for the invitation to speak, particularly editor- in-chief Michael Stutchbury and technology editor Paul Smith. I’ve said for some time that the AFR – with its determined focus on Australian tech – is playing an absolutely crucial role in supporting local tech, particularly emerging enterprises.

Good morning everyone. I’d like to thank Global Access Partners for inviting me to speak today, particularly managing director, Catherine Fritz-Kalish. There are a number of other people that I’d also like to acknowledge: Phillip Ruddock and Heather Ruddock, good morning to you both. Some former colleagues in Stephen Conroy and Bruce Billson are here

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (10:20): I want to dedicate my constituency statement to another electorate as I visited the member for Batman’s electorate the other day. I was going to make a contribution talking about how good looking, svelte and fun he is, but since the standing orders stop me from misleading the House, they have sucked

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (13:57): I am not a fan of public spearing but, can I say, do not watch David Spears’s interview of the Prime Minister today. It is all pain, having the Prime Minister of this country unable to put a figure to his key budget measure—his corporate tax changes. It was an awkward moment

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (10:49): We have had a lot of talk in this country about an ideas boom, but how do you have an ideas boom if you are a dud on school funding? In last night’s federal budget, Malcolm Turnbull committed to Tony Abbott’s school cuts. If the federal government, through Malcolm Turnbull, cuts school

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (13:54): Yesterday, when Scott Morrison delivered his first budget and you scanned that side of the parliament, everyone was up and clapping, except one person. Mr Clare: Who was that? Mr HUSIC: The person who was not clapping, Member for Blaxland, was the member for Warringah. It is no surprise because, basically, he lost his

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (20:59): I want to reflect on a remarkable event that occurred yesterday, played out in front of 50,000-plus fans in Adelaide. I refer, of course, to the A-League grand final featuring Adelaide United versus a team that both the member for Mitchell and I are proud to support, the Western Sydney Wanderers. Mr