PoliticsFederalGender equalityPrint articleOpinionTech and virtue signalling don’t mixIndustry leaders that refuse to engage with Christian Porter should be careful about playing politics. Technology companies need to be trusted, expert, and impartial to do business with government.Nick HossackColumnistApr 6, 2021 – 4.39pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginThe technology leaders who complain about the appointment of Christian Porter to the industry portfolio should be more reticent in playing politics.When I was an adviser to an opposition ministerial spokesman, we got politically useful information sent to us by a Canberra bureaucrat.Loading...Nick Hossack is a public policy consultant, former policy director at the Australian Bankers Association, and former adviser to John Howard.SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreGender equalityDiscriminationChristian PorterOpinionLatest In FederalFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In PoliticsThe Australian Financial Review MagazineAFR Magazine celebrates The Art of MovementLauren Sams‘We don’t want to die wondering’: Jo Horgan on Mecca’s biggest bet yetThis Brisbane restaurant deserves a Michelin starBOSS Financial ReviewWhy Grant Hackett enjoys being a CEO more than winning Olympic goldSally Patten and Lap PhanThis CEO thought he was healthy. Then he went for a checkHow the Macquarie CEO played a role in setting me up to lead MagellanLife & LeisureRum aged on a ship plus other distilled oddities for your drinks cabinetMax AllenThis electric Benz is better than any petrol-powered off-roaderWashington DC’s antidote to the Trump slumpRich ListWhy cashing out won’t be easy for Australia’s gambling billionairesPrimrose RiordanSpotlight’s new Anaconda will teach shoppers to fishPortelli hits fast lane on mooted LMCT+ sale, MacCap takes the wheel