The government failed to pass amendments to the equity crowdfunding regime before the end of the year, meaning private companies won’t be able to access the funding method until...
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The NBN remains a favorite whipping boy for the opposition, but as the Coalition version of the Labor inspired network builds out, questions mount as to what an incoming...
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Laws regulating digital currency exchanges for the first time have been approved by Parliament in a major milestone for the burgeoning local sector. The amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering...
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Health industry focused early-stage startups have dominated the second cohort of BlueChilli’s female-led SheStart accelerator program. After putting an initial 22 startups through a three-week validation boot camp, eight...
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The Palaszczuk Government has doubled-down on its first-term focus on the tech startup and innovation sectors with the appointment of Kate Jones as Innovation Minister, effectively promoting the portfolio...
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Two years after Malcolm Turnbull unveiled the much-heralded $1.1 billion innovation statement, advocacy groups and the Opposition are calling on the government to reaffirm its commitment to the startup...
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It is two years and several Industry ministers after the Prime Minister unveiled with great fanfare his signature $1.1 billion National Innovation and Science Agenda, and the government is...
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Big Tech is on the nose in large parts of the community which does not trust its motives and fails to recognise its promise, according to Labor digital economy...
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Startups and tech companies have been ditched from the government’s reforms to the copyright safe harbour scheme, in a move that advocacy group StartupAus says risks losing promising early-stage...
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As government departments undergo their own digital transformation and focus on delivering improved citizen services, Macquarie Government managing director Aidan Tudehope says it is a timely opportunity for the...
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Digital Transformation Agency chief digital officer Peter Alexander concedes that robust criticism by SMEs of the Digital Marketplace is not unreasonable. Mr Alexander says the underwhelming recent findings of...
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The federal government will finally deliver its response to the “zombie” report on the Australian games development industry by the end of the year, more than 20 months after...
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The federal government has released the first statistics on the effectiveness of its $100 million angel investor tax incentives scheme introduced nearly 18 months ago. Advocacy group StartupAus has...
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Australia’s cyber security skills crisis won’t be solved by thinking conventionally and relying on traditional training methods or talent pools, said Sandra Ragg, Head of the Office of the...