The federal government has finally unveiled draft legislation to implement reforms to the Employee Share Scheme which it first announced four years ago, along with a further commitment contained...
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Square’s acquisition of Australian tech firm Afterpay for $39 billion will be a boon for the local tech sector and might make the ASX more attractive for other growing...
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Australia’s biggest bank has rejected the charge it is urging customers to close Buy Now Pay Later services to improve their prospects of a home loan, and that they...
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The lack of common investment vehicles first promised by the Coalition five years ago is acting as a handbrake on foreign capital entering Australia, according to the peak investment...
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Hundreds of female entrepreneurs were incorrectly told they had been successful in their application for a federal government grants program after an error saw a congratulatory email sent out...
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Queensland’s new chief entrepreneur will appoint a new government advisory group with a focus on members from regional areas and Indigenous representation as his first act in the role,...
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Lumi.Media co-founder and chief executive Karen Dewey spent decades working in or managing big teams in television, from news and current affairs to morning TV and the big, fast-moving...
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The federal government has launched a review of the venture capital tax breaks introduced as part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda in 2015. The review, to be...
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Two Australian founded government technology companies have been acquired for an undisclosed amount by US firm Granicus, which plans to roll the software into a unified platform, as American...
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Long-awaited reforms to employee share schemes aren’t expected anytime soon and may not be introduced before the next election, despite the federal government promising changes in the May budget...
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Investor visa holders in Australia will have to allocate at least half of their funds to local startups and emerging companies as part of a raft of government changes...
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Labor’s proposal to spur innovation through loans to young entrepreneurs has received strong backing from the Australian startup community and technology universities, who expect the program would be oversubscribed...
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The CSIRO has come together with science venture VC partners Main Sequence and a group of Australian industry partners to launch a space communications startup that traces its technology...
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A government funded innovation hub has opened in Albany as part of the West Australian port city’s new innovation project, the first in the state outside of Perth. In...