The rapidly growing forest of FinTechs has meant it is now getting much harder to spot the wood for the trees. FinTech Australia this week launched its 2016 census...
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For every success story of an Australian company that has built an export success story on China, there are many others that have struggled. One key to building a...
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The 2016 Census and its steaming #CensusFail epitaph may yet prove useful to government. This shocking failure of public administration is the canary in the coal mine, the emergency...
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Intellectual Property (IP) is one of the key battlegrounds of the information age. IP issues are important as never before as business processes evolve. The key differentiator between many...
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Inefficient banking processes are ‘robbing’ small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) of four weeks’ productive work time a year, says a new report from financial services company Tyro Payments....
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There must, surely, never have been such an exciting time to be Malcolm Turnbull. The Prime Minister has been desperately keen to focus the attention of the nation squarely...
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Whether your company is building a business in the domestic Australian market or preparing to sell products and services offshore, getting the intellectual property framework in place from the...
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Having thrown his entire ‘innovation ministry’ out with former Assistant Innovation Minister Wyatt Roy, there’s certainly a sense that the Prime Minister is recasting his National Innovation and Science...
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In announcing that the ACCC’s next market study will focus on the Australian communications sector, the Chair, Rod Sims, invoked “innovation.” He noted, “The study will examine the changing...
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The Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) in NSW will have a new CEO from next month. Michelle Blum, currently General Manager for National Operations at the Australian Institute of...
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It is telling that the freshly-minted Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Greg Hunt this week publicly offered his “full support” to CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall. These words...
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While the ASX has tightened the rules for back door listings, tech companies are still wriggling through, because access to other sources of capital remain scarce. Decision support software...
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There were more than a few people who questioned the government decision to make Berlin – or indeed anywhere in Europe – one of the five ‘landing pads’ for...
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Google Australia has released a report quantifying the benefits to the economy of its many free apps. It reckons that “by connecting consumers and businesses and providing productivity tools,...