Author: James Riley

All Tech Index is an All Male Index

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The ASX All Technology Index officially debuted this week to great acclaim as an important new indicator of the growing maturity of the local tech sector. The unintended consequence...

NSW creates Western Sydney digital twin

Posted on   |  by Stuart Corner
NSW Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello has unveiled the NSW Spatial Digital Twin, promising the tool would improve urban planning by providing real-time information and visualisation of urban infrastructure...

Does innovation need a non-R&D focus?

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government needs to “rebalance” innovation policies to focus more on non-research and development activities, according to a new Innovation and Science Australia report. The report, which was...

Growth Fund gets Senate green light

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A Senate Committee has given the green light to the government’s plan to contribute $100 million of taxpayer money to a business growth fund following a “ridiculously short” inquiry....

All Tech Index debuts on the ASX

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The local tech sector is booming and the launch on Friday of a new All Technology Index on the ASX would only increase global interest in the Australian tech...

Sydney Tech Precinct’s new space launch

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The NSW government will fund a National Space Industry Hub as an anchor tenant in its multi-billion-dollar Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct as part of the state’s new Space...

Cannon-Brookes’ off-grid power play

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Atlassian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and his wife Annie are spending $12.5 million on a new venture to spearhead the super-fast roll-out of off-grid solar and battery combinations to help...

Tech investment target is ‘insulting’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Coalition’s newfound focus on a technology investment target in lieu of an emissions target to address climate change is “insulting” and an attempt to find a “silver bullet”,...

Manufacturing has ‘fallen off the page’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s manufacturing sector is lagging the rest of the world and had “almost fallen off the page”, with a renewed focus on innovation needed to close the gap, UTS...