Scott Morrison wants Australia to become one of the world’s leading digital economies within the next 10 years. The prime minister says consumers and businesses have adopted to online technologies at warp speed during the COVID-19 pandemic. He wants to springboard off the health and economic crisis to drag the country out of recession. “Our challenge is to keep the foot on the digital accelerator, as we emerge on the other side of this pandemic,” Morrison will tell a virtual e-commerce summit on Oct 21. “Whilst we can marvel at the innovation and the digital acceleration, the bigger picture is that our economy has taken a massive hit. “So we have two stories happening simultaneously in Australia – an economy that is experiencing the worst set of economic circumstances since the Great Depression, and ferocious adaptation that businesses have engaged in to keep these circumstances at bay.” Businesses were quick …
