Industry department deputy secretary David Hazlehurst and the Department of Human Services chief technology officer Charles McHardie have joined the Open Opportunity Forum keynote speaker list in Canberra for...
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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has been appointed to drive Australia’s commitments to the multilateral Open Government Partnership, despite the architects of the National Action Plan remaining in the Department...
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Curtin University is pulling out all stops to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. As one of Australia’s largest tertiary institutions, it aims to set the tone for undertaking research that...
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The Treasurer Scott Morrison has thrown the substantial weight of his office behind draft Productivity Commission recommendations that would give consumers more control over data held by banks and...
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Australia’s Ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma is in the country for a couple weeks, in part to drum up business for Austrade’s new startup ‘Landing Pad’ in Tel Aviv....
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The Australian Information Industry Association has a new chair, elected at its annual general meeting in Brisbane on Thursday 3 November. He is John Paitaridis, universally known as JP,...
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Given the sheer size of the Chinese market and the pointed focus on innovation and technology in serial government announcements in recent years, it had to happen sometime. Now...
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Just over half the world’s banking customers now interacting directly with FinTech companies, according to a new report from consultancy Capgemini. The figure is a little lower in Australia,...
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InnovationAus.com is proud to announce Queensland Minister for Innovation, Science and the Digital Economy has joined a stellar line-up of keynote speakers at the Sydney instalment of Open Opportunity...
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GovHack 2016 ended on a high note last weekend as the winning project teams from across Australia and New Zealand soaked up all the glory and fame at GovHack...
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Updated: Angus Taylor has outlined new details of the Commonwealth’s overhaul of its $5.6 billion annual ICT spend and committed to publishing a discussion paper on the changes from the...
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Start thinking ‘innovation as usual’ as the norm rather than the exception, and expressing innovation in terms of the business rather than the system. That’s the mind-set Victoria’s Lead...
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Here’s a new phrase for you, from the jargon generation factory, otherwise known as research group Gartner. The firm’s latest predictions on the size and growth rate of the...
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This weekend marks the start of Spark Festival Sydney, which describes itself as “nine day celebration of Australian startup and entrepreneurship culture.” That’s if you come from New South...