Australian startups and tech companies are likely to miss out on significant copyright reforms in a “disappointing result” for the sector. Late last week a Coalition-led senate committee gave...
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There has never been a more opportunistic time to be an Australian cattle farmer exporting to China: At least that’s what Borderless Cattle is telling the local market. The...
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It is more than three years since the then-Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the creation of the Digital Transformation Office, detailing a bright future of better government services, delivered...
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ACTU chief Sally McManus has logged a claim for a big wage rise for Australian workers saying industrial relations law is a decade behind the gig economy and needs...
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A Digital Transformation Agency access and marketing agreement signed with a Big Tech industry group was “ridiculous” and the “easiest thing to tear up” for an incoming government, according...
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Bill Ferris and David Thodey laid down the law on Australia’s needs to get off its arse and begin building some serious twenty-first century capital if it is to...
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The Victorian government has dished out nearly $3 million in grants to educational services for startup founders, the first funding round LaunchVic has unveiled in more than six months....
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There are growing calls for the federal government to standardise the way it defines a startup for its grants and support programs, after it announced a new “startup authority”...
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One of Australia’s most successful young companies was famously born when its University age founder left his bedroom light on each night, working around the clock on his fledgling...
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Nearly a year after the shock scrapping of the 457 visa program, the federal government is set to a trial a new visa scheme for tech companies to attract talent...
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Recent fears within Australia’s tech and innovation circles that the sector might have been forgotten by its friends in Canberra may be overblown if the first ASEAN-Australian summit hosted...
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South Australians woke to a new Liberal state government this morning for the first time in 16 years following the election of Steven Marshall on Saturday. He takes the...
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The South Australian Liberal Party has heralded a “new dawn” in the state with a decisive election win over the Labor government, which has been in power for the...
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Indonesian president Joko Widodo is only half-joking when he says the current weirdness in global politics was the result of the arrival of global entertainment phenomenon Netflix. He says...