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2025 Australian Digital Inclusion Index Report Launch
Telstra, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S), RMIT University and Swinburne University of Technology are proud to launch the 2025 Australian Digital Inclusion Index Report.
ADM+S members and the public are invited to register for this event to:
- Discover how Australia is tracking on digital inclusion
- Learn where greater attention and investment is needed to close the digital divide
- Gain insights to strengthen your digital inclusion programs
Registrants may attend this hybrid event either in person, at one of Telstra’s capital city Hub Locations or online.
In-person attendees are welcome to arrive early for refreshments followed by a shared
viewing of the national broadcast which will come live from Hobart. Afterward, in-person
participants will join interactive, local panel discussions, while online participants will
continue with a dedicated online panel.
Follow the registration link below to view Hub Location start times in your capital city and to indicate whether you’ll attend in person or online.
PRESENTERS
Julian Thomas
Director, ADM+S, RMIT University
Julian is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University. Prior to the commencement of the ADM+S Centre, he was Director of the Swinburne Institute for Social Research (2005-2016), and then Director of RMIT’s Social Change research platform. He also leads the team producing the Australian Digital Inclusion Index since 2015. His work ranges across the contemporary histories of new communications technologies, digital inequality and inclusion, and the internet and communication policy.
Vicki Brady
Chief Executive Officer, Telstra
Vicki Brady became the CEO and Managing Director of Telstra on 1 September 2022. She leads Connected Future 30, Telstra’s strategy to be the number one choice for connectivity in Australia. Prior to Connected Future 30, she delivered Telstra’s T25 strategy and steered the company to four consecutive years of underlying earnings growth.
Anthony McCosker
Chief Investigator, ADM+S, Swinburne University of
Technology
Professor Anthony McCosker is a Chief Investigator at the Swinburne University of Technology node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). He is Professor in Media and Communication, and Deputy Director of the Social Innovation Research Institute at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Justine Rowe
Chief Sustainability Officer, Telstra
Justine Rowe is Telstra’s Chief Sustainability Officer. As a transformational changemaker, Justine and her team are responsible for the delivery of policy advice, stakeholder management and community initiatives across regulatory, sustainability and regional affairs. Justine’s experience merges significant experience in legal and external relationship management.
Adrienne Picone
Chief Executive Officer, TasCOSS
Since starting with TasCOSS in 2020, Adrienne has worked tirelessly advocating on behalf of Tasmanians living on low incomes and experiencing disadvantage. Adrienne has extensive experience at CEO-level and a long-standing career in the community services industry. Prior to taking up the role of CEO of Tasmania’s community services industry peak body, Adrienne spent three years as CEO of Volunteering Australia based in the nation’s capital.