Australia will finally get a national space agency to coordinate local efforts in the sector and gain a chunk of the $400 billion global industry, the federal government has...
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The Turnbull government’s overhaul of the 457 visa system needs some serious tweaks if Australia is going to attract the best and brightest to these shores says a submission...
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Australians cannot just rely on government to set policies and frameworks if the country wants to be prepared for the impact of technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics and automation...
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The corporate regulator has released the set of guidelines outlining how the first iteration of Australia’s equity crowdfunding regime will work. Crowdsourced equity funding mechanisms for retail investors will...
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Labor’s spokesman on the digital economy Ed Husic has become a fixture in the innovation and startup sector in the past couple of years. He is a pragmatic original...
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Travelling in air-tight pods at 1,000 kilometres per hour is something most would imagine happening only in sci-fi films. But with Hyperloop – an Elon Musk-led vision to develop...
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Reports of Australia falling behind in the global innovation race have been greatly exaggerated, according to chief scientist Alan Finkel. Speaking at the Australian Financial Review’s Innovation Summit, Dr...
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The innovation debate in Australia is too focused on startups and tech companies, and needs to be more inclusive of the broader SME sector, according to CSIRO chief executive...
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Just hours after unveiling a strategic review of the Australian Government’s digital economy policies, Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos has announced he will take leave of absence from the Parliament...
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Australia will “miss the innovation opportunity” if it doesn’t address a number of key imperatives in the space, Innovation and Science Australia chairman Bill Ferris said. Speaking at the...
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Despite its superpower status as a producer and exporter of agricultural goods and services, up until now Australia has had only one accelerator program – SproutX – that has...
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Macquarie has launched an ‘Australian-first’ open banking platform, letting its customers to share their own data with local FinTech startups. The API-driven open banking platform gives customers the option to...
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The government is still looking for members to fill Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos’ women’s advisory roundtable more than six months after it was announced. Mr Sinodinos first revealed the...
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) wants to establish a new RegTech advisory group before the end of the year to help advocate for support for the RegTech...