Co-working businesses operating inside the $35 million Sydney Startup Hub have been thrown a state government lifeline in the form of a six-month rent holiday to keep them viable...
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At a time when it seems the whole world needs a bridging loan to get through to the other side of the COVID-19 crisis, a new tech sector lobby...
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The hundreds of millions of dollars in savings from planned cuts to the research and development tax incentive should be reinvested in direct support for Australian innovation, according to...
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Debate is underway on how to apply key classes of technology worker to essential service definitions in the event that mandatory lock-downs are applied across Australia in order to...
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Three of the nation’s most powerful technology-related associations are in talks on formalising collaborative arrangements that would allow the tech industry and its professionals to present a single voice...
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A new website has been launched offering free services from global tech giants for Australian businesses trying to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. The Australian Information Industry Association...
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Startups and tech firms will not miss out on government’s $189 billion stimulus package to combat the growing economic crisis, with a range of targeted new initiatives on offer....
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The government decision to abandon its long-running plan to outsource the country’s visa processing system has been welcomed by the federal Opposition and public sector unions as a “win...
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The upside of long-term and sustained public investment in scientific research becomes a lot more obvious during times of crisis. A national resource of deep knowledge experts is suddenly...
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The freshly minted Building 4.0 CRC has been given $28 million over seven years to help co-create innovative products and processes at the intersection of ‘Industrialised Building’ and ‘Industry...
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A couple of Prime Ministers ago the word ‘innovation’ was pushed into the public consciousness with the launch of the National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA). With a lot...
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A government plan to apply its highly contentious changes to the R&D tax incentive retrospectively is “simply unfair” and “opportunistic” and will damage early-stage companies, a Senate committee has...
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Newly elected Australian Computer Society president Ian Oppermann has stepped away from his full-time role is chief data officer at the NSW Customer Service Department so he can devote...
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The government’s controversial changes to the research and development tax incentive would cut the benefit nearly in half for a number of local tech companies, leading some to consider...