A controversial High Court decision not to allow a patent applicant to appeal an adverse finding in the Full Federal Court has caused an outbreak of the crankies in...
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We know Malcolm Turnbull’s Coalition has a clue about nurturing the innovation sector, but so far in this election Labor seems oblivious to the nation building potential of startups...
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Western Australia has unveiled a four-year $20 million innovation program, appointed its first innovation minister, and pledged to leverage digital technology to broaden the State’s economy. State Development and...
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The Labor party will need to dramatically reforge its rhetoric around fostering innovation if it wants to snag votes from the tech sector at the July 2 double dissolution...
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Australia’s Intellectual Property regime has lost sight of its users and in need of significant rebalancing, with the current system now tipped too far in favour of vocal rights-holders...
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The quiet but persistent strengthening of industry and research relationships with Germany was given a further boost with the creation of a ‘landing pad’ for Australian startup companies in...
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With Australia having entered a faux election campaign, the time is ripe for a faux election preview. InnovationAus.com has been out testing the temperature of the ‘innovation electorate’ to...
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Nanotechnology will force a change in commerce and society at least as significant as the digital revolution, and companies that want to get in on the ground level need...
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The Australian Government is angling to join the Digital Five grouping of digitally advanced countries and has charged the Digital Transformation Office with creating a formal plan to get...
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Whistleblowing can sometimes be a tool for fostering innovation – at least when that innovation is in the public interest. Whistleblowing is speaking out in the public interest, most...
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How would you like to work from home in a beautiful coastal resort area, designing computer games for a living? Not shoot-‘em-up type games, but ‘serious games’ about resilience...
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The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last night chaired the first meeting of the Innovation and Science Committee of the Cabinet. The meeting marks the first time a Cabinet-level committee...
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Malcolm Turnbull has made a big deal about innovation. His Government’s new National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA), released last December, made broad announcements about tax and other incentives...
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Australia’s universities open their doors to a new crop of around 84,800 undergraduates from this week; demand for IT courses is proving “steady but not spectacular.” There has been...