Australia is significantly behind the US in terms of tech, and Australian lawmakers are also significantly behind. Ignorant, and draconian. Not a good mix. With no Bill of Rights to protect people.
It's borderline funny how inept the Australian government is with tech. NBN cost a fortune, and still sucks. My Health Record debacle. New anti-encryption laws, and leaders who think they can change the laws of math. ScoMo forgetting to set his domain on auto-renew... It's been a mess.
Add to this how messed up the visa situation is in Australia, and the crazy high taxes they put on immigrants, and they wonder why their economy can't keep up and homes have dropped 20% in the last 2 years...
They coasted on energy / natural resources for so long, but didn't invest any of the money correctly into tech training / startup scenes. Now that China took their foot off the gas, Australia will be in for a world of hurt.
You forgot the last national census, where they decided our privacy was not that important[1], and they were liberally threatening everyone with severe fines if they didn't fill it out anyway.
So when the most predicable result on the planet happened and twenty million people all tried to fill out the online form on the "census" evening they claimed it was a denial of service attack.
The shame of it was, the ABS had a pretty good reputation up until that point (I believe). Now they're just another joke and have no good will left.
It's borderline funny how inept the Australian government is with tech. NBN cost a fortune, and still sucks. My Health Record debacle. New anti-encryption laws, and leaders who think they can change the laws of math. ScoMo forgetting to set his domain on auto-renew... It's been a mess.
* Victorian couple quoted up to $1.2m to connect to NBN Co's fibre service - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) || https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-07/nbn-co-quotes-couple-...
* My Health Record: privacy, cybersecurity and the hacking risk | Australia news | The Guardian || https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jul/16/my-he...
* Scotty Doesn't Know: prankster takes over Scott Morrison's website | Australia news | The Guardian || https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/19/scott...
* Prime Minister Says The Laws Of Mathematics Are Trumped By Australian Law || https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/turnbull-war-on-maths
Add to this how messed up the visa situation is in Australia, and the crazy high taxes they put on immigrants, and they wonder why their economy can't keep up and homes have dropped 20% in the last 2 years...
They coasted on energy / natural resources for so long, but didn't invest any of the money correctly into tech training / startup scenes. Now that China took their foot off the gas, Australia will be in for a world of hurt.