The government’s attempt to woo small businesses and startups with proposed changes to the employee share scheme has received a lukewarm reaction, with industry concerns the changes don’t go...
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Australia risks lagging other jurisdictions in the regulation of Internet of Things devices to improve cybersecurity, according to Secure Logic chief executive Santosh Devaraj, and government should be considering...
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When an industry such as compliance software has been around for decades and it’s suddenly been given a new name such as RegTech, it must mean something right? Evan...
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The federal government has denied it partnered with Deliveroo as part of a $1.4 million program aiming to push unemployed young Australians into the gig economy, despite the tech...
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Controversial changes to the R&D tax incentive are “ill-advised” and would do “untold damage to large sections of the Australian innovation community”, according to submissions to a Senate inquiry....
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The federal government will introduce further amendments to the My Health Record system, caving to a number of the recommendations from the Labor-led Senate inquiry. But the government will...
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A “first of its kind” program supporting young entrepreneurs in Victoria has been forced to shut down after it was unable to secure further funding from the state government,...
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Industry and government may need to consider more ways to increase the growth rate of STEM qualifications, a new report released by Jobs for Queensland has warned. The findings...
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Industry, Science and Technology Minister Karen Andrews says Australia needs to address where the skills shortages are now before the country looks to importing labour. This is one of...
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The rejection of a ‘flagship’ Apple store in Sweden has buoyed a growing movement in Melbourne to block the tech giant’s plans to establish itself in Federation Square. On its...
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Australia’s competition watchdog has a clear message to the NBN for its upcoming battle against 5G: You’re on your own. In a speech to the RadComms 2018 conference, ACCC...
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The Victorian government’s independent innovation agency has raised serious concerns about the federal government’s controversial encryption bill, saying it would “greatly threaten” Australian startups and have a “deleterious effect”...
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Three significant surveys of the Australian startup sector have been released in the last week, with each painting a very different picture of the small industry. The contrasting results...
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The Queensland government has pledged seed funding for a new artificial intelligence hub being built to address the skills shortage in the tech sector. As part of its $650...