The NSW Government has launched a raft of new engagement plans and procurement models as the central components of its just-released NSW Innovation Strategy. The new initiative includes the...
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You are never too young to know what you want to be in life. Take a cue from University of South Australia (UniSA). As one of Australian’s youngest universities,...
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Public sector bureaucrats are stymieing innovation efforts at both federal and state government levels with “gatekeepers from hell” impeding the progress of local startups. According to Stephen Conroy, former...
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The much-anticipated Crossroads report from advocacy group StartupAus has lobbed onto the internet, painting a glass-half-full picture of Australia’s entrepreneur scene while at the same time warning that the...
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We live in strange times. Debates about things that matter get so obscured by political weirdness that it takes the intervention of an industry giant to point out the...
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By the time the StartCon exhibition and conference series closed its doors at Royal Randwick in Sydney on Sunday night it had attracted more than 3,100 visitors, cementing its...
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Pound for pound the Australian tech sector is producing better startup operators than its counterpart ecosystem in Silicon Valley, according to Freelancer.com’s acerbic CEO Matt Barrie. But that doesn’t...
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There is a massive prize for small Australian tech businesses through changes to Commonwealth ICT procurement being wrought by the Assistant Minister for the Digital Transformation and Cities Angus Taylor....
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It has taken more time than some might have liked to find its way to the Aussie tech sector, but the Significant Investor Visa program – aka the unexpected fountain...
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Deloitte Consulting’s managing partner in Australia Robert Hillard is urging his tech sector peers to become active in the nation’s peak industry associations on the basis that policy decisions...
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The CSIRO has been told where to prioritise its efforts and what the government expects from it; in return it has been promised a modest $115 million increase in...
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Australia could benefit from closer digital relationships with English-speaking democracies according to Paul Shetler, chief digital officer at the Digital Transformation Agency. Sharing code and ideas among countries like...
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Last night at Sydney’s harbourside Museum of Contemporary Art ten Australian startups were chosen as winners in the inaugural Bridge to MassChallenge Australia competition. Three state governments – NSW,...
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To an industry reliant on cross-border flows of technical skills and creative expertise, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s populist new war on 457 visas should be viewed with concern. Any...