You wouldn’t want to bet your house on the veracity of global startup ecosystem rankings. But if you take them with a grain of salt, they are a yardstick...
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The three levels of government in Australia will need to work in tight cooperation on cities policy and investment if the nation is to extract the maximum benefit from...
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The fifth and final of Australia’s much-ballyhooed international ‘Landing Pads’ is now operational in Singapore. It joins those in San Francisco, Berlin, Shanghai and Tel Aviv. The Landing Pads are...
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You can’t fault the billionaire Australian software entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes’ motivation for pressing for a 100MW battery storage facility to be set up in South Australia to help it through...
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The industry department has been scrambling to produce new eligibility case studies to address the fear and loathing among tech-enabled startups over a perceived tightening of the R&D Tax...
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In the fast evolving digital economy, smarter cities policy will drive the nation’s ability to both innovate and compete in global markets, as well as provide the platform for economic...
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The City of Sydney’s somewhat unorthodox approach to digital transformation was on display again this week when it introduced paperless lodgement for development applications – as long as the...
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Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has recommitted Labor’s focus on globalisation and large scale multilateral trade deals in a big set-piece speech on Tuesday. Speaking at the Lowy Institute, Mr...
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As extraordinary as it seems to actually write this down, the ultra-premium office space at the harbourside finance and professional services mecca of Barangaroo is being considered as the...
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A little over a year after CSIRO unveiled its controversial plans to restructure, its chairman David Thodey said that the moves are “kicking some goals” but cautioned that the...
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A new report places Australia seventh in the number of tech industry exits in 2016. Exits are a good thing, based on the terminology used in the startup industry....
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Victorian authorities will fund a project that specifically targets female coders and designers, putting them to work on service delivery and efficiency programs inside government. The Code for Victoria...
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Being the leader of a community and making decisions to address social and economic challenges may feel like a gambler rolling the dice. You know you have to place...
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If you are a company that has claimed taxpayer support for software development via the R&D Tax Incentive in the past several years, there is both good news and...