It has been nearly a year since I last addressed Blockchain Australia Week. When I made that address, I announced that the Select Committee which I Chaired – then called the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology – would be extended under new Terms of Reference. These Terms of Reference would focus… Read more »
It has been nearly a year since the Senate Select Committee decided that we needed to pivot to focus exclusively on the opportunities and challenges of digital assets. Cryptocurrency and digital assets were evolving at such a pace, it demanded our urgent attention. As a lawmaker, I was focused on a familiar problem: how to… Read more »
Since its inception, cryptocurrency has largely been left to its own devices. Investors have made money, and communities have been built through a shared passion for the innovative sector. So when I was assigned the role of chair of the Senate Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre, I assumed there would… Read more »
In 2018 US Senator Orrin Hatch naively questioned how on earth Facebook could sustain a business model in which users don’t pay for a service… Before Mark Zuckerberg politely pointed out that they run advertisements. Just last month US Senator Ted Cruz’s speech went viral when he claimed less than 5% of his colleagues had… Read more »
While Australia officially slips into the first recession in 30 years, it is clear that we need more jobs. But we must embrace technology to be globally competitive. There is no other way. The Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology was established in September last year, and following an extensive round of public… Read more »
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