When Andy Penn became CEO at Telstra he said he would bring his “particular passion” for doing business in Asia to the role. InnovationAus.com was last week reporting that...
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8common is a small Australian software company with big plans. Since its IPO on the ASX in August 2014 it has more than doubled in size, and now has...
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On a day when the Prime Minister revealed the cunning political mechanics of a possible early election, his treasurer Scott Morrison was launching an election-like manifesto aimed at boosting...
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The Turnbull Government will today introduce legislation that delivers huge tax benefits to angel investors who put their money into in higher risk, early stage startup companies that make...
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Malcolm Turnbull’s powerful new Innovation and Science Australia Board is heavy on venture capital and entrepreneurial representation and goes light on science and tertiary and institutional research. And it...
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Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has just been forced to walk away from his first big Asian deal, to partner with the San Miguel group to build the Philippine’s...
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There is great excitement across Australia about start-ups. There is much to be applauded about the job creation impact – and other economic benefits – of building successful Australian-based...
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Shadow Communications Minister Jason Clare is framing an election argument around the government’s “Copperart version of the NBN” as damaging leaks about the slow roll-out, cost over-runs and poor...
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Austrade is firmly in charge of the five ‘landing pads’ that have been a centre of attention in Malcolm Turnbull’s National Innovation and Science Agenda. But government has so...
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While Australia’s newly-appointed Special Envoy for Trade is singing the upside of ChAFTA for local services firms, he concedes IP issues remain a tricky issue for tech. But Andrew...
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A recent ruling over whether a drug trial carried out under contract was a new knowledge generating activity for R&D tax incentive purposes has implications for all contracted tech...
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The head of fintech hub Stone & Chalk has announced it will take the lead in developing a cyber security research lab in Australia, to “nurture and grow a...
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For all the talk from China’s leaders these past two-and-a half-years of economic reforms that will allow the market and private enterprise to have a larger role in the...
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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...