This discussion paper sets out the general approach to developing the Australian Digital Inclusion Index, its objectives and key themes and provides examples of indicators that may form the basis of the index. The paper aims to encourage potential users of the index to provide feedback and suggestions to guide the development of the index...

Public discussion about the dramatic rise of UBER is often themed as a titanic struggle between old-fashioned expensive taxi companies and a new digital upstart. UBER usually comes out on top because it's new, cool and part of the ‘sharing economy’. But legal academic Frank Pasquale offers a very different perspective. Companies like UBER, he...

Introduction The aim of this paper is to spark public debate on the implications of convergence in the telecommunications, information technology, media and entertainment (TIME) sectors, and the New Zealand Government’s proposed response. Convergence is a term used to describe the common delivery of previously discrete service functions such as broadcasting and telecommunications over shared...

Small businesses and the economy generally, can realise significant benefits by embracing mobile and internet technologies to transform their operations. Powered by PwC’s Geospatial Economic Model (GEM), the report shows that small businesses can unlock an additional $49.2 billion of private sector output over the next ten years by making better use of these technologies.

This policy document commits the South Australian government to explore and trial ways that build on the start already made in democratic reform. A key initiative will be four 'deliberative democracy projects' where non-government organisations or business will work with the government and the community to consider different policy issues. Additional projects will include a...