There’s never been a more important time to care about technology. Many Australians are watching in horror as tech billionaires wield unbridled power in the US. Understanding how tech – both the tools and the industry – is changing, and working to fight the worst of it has become a key responsibility of any government worth its salt.
This is what makes Australia’s track record on tech so disappointing. Looking back over the past three years of tech policy under the current Albanese government, it’s hard not to cringe. It’s been a period of huge technological upheaval; what do we have to show for it?
