Data61's partnership model: riding a wave of R&D disruption Monday September 4, 2017 By Victoria Draudins Features A year since the former NICTA lost its funding base and became Data61, part of the CSIRO, it continues to develop valuable intellectual property while…
Data 61 fits release valve to BlockChain hype bubble Thursday June 8, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry The CSIRO's Data 61 unit has reality checked BlockChain evangelists. Will Australian FinTech ever be the same?…
Innovation at scale: CSIRO reveals plan for US outpost Monday January 30, 2017 By The Mandarin Economy & Industry Is the march of globalisation slowing down as it turns politically inconvenient? Not in Australia, and not at the CSIRO.
First Commonwealth data fellows named Friday December 2, 2016 By The Mandarin News In a bid to boost the Commonwealth's data capacity, the government is offering three month intensive coaching opportunities. Its first five data fellows have been…
Promoted New body of evidence for Australia's wellness economy Monday November 21, 2016 By Nina Hendy Economy & Industry A new strategic research alliance between the CSIRO and Swisse will build a body of scientific evidence on complementary medicine and help revolutionise the flourishing…
Why CSIRO jobs had to go: Marshall's 'riskier science' Tuesday September 20, 2016 By The Mandarin Energy & Environment Environomics and digiscape are two of the new experimental fields at CSIRO, possible after freeing up resources from cut areas like climate change. Larry Marshall…
APS advised on Fair Work ruling as protracted pay talks face further delay Monday September 12, 2016 By Stephen Easton News Is it curtains for ballots? New advice tells federal agencies how to respond to a Fair Work Commission ruling that could add more delays to…
What is a smart city? Shared vision needed to align 'jumbled mess' Friday August 19, 2016 By Stephen Easton Features A smart city is a cool idea but needs a lot of contributors to be on the same page about the end-state they are trying…
Antarctic strategy positive but CSIRO cuts leave cracks in ice research Thursday May 26, 2016 By Stephen Easton Energy & Environment The new 20-year action plan for Antarctica ticks all the key boxes, according to the man whose expertise fed into it. But CSIRO cuts have…
Australia's Data61 teams up with UK's CyLon to 'accelerate' cybersecurity Monday April 4, 2016 By Stephen Easton News The CSIRO's data-focused digital research unit, Data61, has joined forces with a like-minded organisation in the United Kingdom in hopes Australia can grow a world-leading…
New 'open by default' public data policy just the beginning Monday December 7, 2015 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Data can fuel innovation, improve service delivery and underpin genuine evidence-based policy. A new 18-month roadmap and training from PM&C aims to shift public service…
CSIRO hits the accelerator with in-house start-ups Monday November 2, 2015 By Stephen Easton News The nation's science incubator is fostering a start-up culture on research development. Nine staff units could become independent businesses under a new program.
CSIRO, CASA and the City of Glen Eira show how annual reporting is done Monday June 22, 2015 By Stephen Easton Jurisdiction Australian public sector organisations shone once again at this year's Australasian Reporting Awards, a 65-year-old institution that supports high standards of accountability and good governance.
APS union campaign escalates, but does it have the firepower to win? Monday March 30, 2015 By Stephen Easton Features Do federal bureaucrats have the industrial firepower to force the Abbott government to soften its strict enterprise bargaining policy? Whether the measures workers can take…
CSIRO boss talks restructure, staff culture at besieged science body Wednesday March 11, 2015 By The Mandarin News The Silicon Valley CEO picked to run the CSIRO says pure science won't be pushed out. And he'll happily take coffee out to striking employees.
