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Tech and virtue signalling don’t mix
Industry 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 HossackColumnistThe 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.
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Nick Hossack is a public policy consultant, former policy director at the Australian Bankers Association, and former adviser to John Howard.
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