Bolstering the startup ecosystem through practical mentoring is more critical than setting up a school dedicated to creating entrepreneurs, says venture capitalist and entrepreneur Anthony Glenning from Starfish Ventures....
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While the major parties played fast and loose with Medicare in the final days of the election campaign, neither has properly grasped the digital health nettle. Right now just...
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The Digital Transformation Office’s has completed an early beta of its much anticipated – and controversial – Performance Dashboard product, which is expected to be launched within a couple...
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With the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement coming into effect last December, it looks like ties between China and Australia are stronger than ever in light of the latest Lowy...
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There is a closed circle of thinking in the tech community that gets exasperated at every single thing that government does. If only the government would get out of...
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It’s time to open the gate, and let our innovative tech startups be free to grab this huge global opportunity. There has been lots of good news and optimism...
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Federal and State reforms to allow autonomous vehicles could double the number of vehicles handled by Australia’s roads and slash accident rates. “Whether ready or not, the technology is...
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Gernot Heiser, one of the main brains behind the extremely hard to hack seL4 microkernel, is set to leave Australia for Germany to work in a cyber security startup....
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The Turnbull Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda was all very well, but it concentrates on startups. What is needed is support for ‘scale-ups’, says the Australian Private Equity...
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The regulatory sandbox being proposed by ASIC is as much a plaything for the regulator as it is a place to nurture emerging FinTech companies, Treasurer Scott Morrison has...
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The theme of this column was going to be ‘Where’s Wyatt?’ Since his somewhat disappointing performance on the Innovation Special of ABC TV’s Q&A program on March 28 he...
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Less than two weeks from the election, Turnbull Government has released its Smart Cities policy. But it contains very little new funding – the few real initiatives announced will...
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A re-elected Coalition Government will publish a digital transformation roadmap for the public sector by November, and give citizens access to dashboard data that measures against delivery timelines and...
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Ziggy Switkowski’s spectacularly ill-advised and highly political injection of himself and the NBN Co he chairs into the election debate in its timing, content and repercussions mark a turning...