It’s Groundhog Day again in Canberra, with the Senate inquiry into the government’s controversial reforms to the Research and Development Tax Incentive delayed for a third time and now...
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A group of Australia’s most successful homegrown technology companies have written an open letter to the Prime Minister demanding a greater level of engagement with government on the policy...
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Australia should look towards the US to help address its innovation woes rather than just focusing on internal developments, a new United States Studies Centre (USSC) report urges. Authored...
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The NSW government has named a 23-person ICT/Digital Sovereign Procurement Taskforce charged with making it easier for innovative local tech companies to get access to government contracts, using procurement...
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Australia’s national startup body has slammed the government for its “head in the sand” approach to tech policy after it failed to act on a series of recommendations to...
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Two of Australia’s most successful tech companies have railed against the federal government’s planned changes to the research and development tax incentive, just days before a Senate committee is...
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The plan to block any research and development tax incentive claims on JobKeeper payments has been labelled “absurd” and damaging to tech companies at the “worst possible time”, with...
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Most tech companies may be spared from the strict new foreign investment national security test rules, with the government releasing draft legislation on the significant reforms. The federal government...
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A sharp government focus on the research and development tax incentive is the most important thing it can do to help grow of the local tech industry and drop...
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The uncertainty for companies accessing the R&D tax incentive is set to continue with the Senate committee tasked with investigating the planned $1.8 billion cuts to the scheme delayed...
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The ATO’s plan to deny R&D tax incentive claims on JobKeeper wages means companies may be forced to make further retrospective changes to their tax returns, leading to concerns...
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Ribit, the digital student job and internship matchmaking service set up by the CSIRO’s Data61 as part of funding from the federal Digital Careers program has been acquired by...
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The government’s JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme has “failed” early-stage pre-revenue tech companies, with more support needed following the September cut-off, a Parliamentary inquiry has heard. The Select Committee on...
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Up to a third of all companies accessing the R&D tax incentive may have some of their claim clawed back, with the government still planning to introduce retrospective changes...