The contract handed to American tech giant Amazon to handle the cloud storage of data from the COVID-19 contact tracing app is a “disgrace” and more must done to...
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Japanese tech giant NEC has signed on as a founding partner of the New South Wales government’s multi-billion-dollar Innovation and Technology Precinct to be constructed around Sydney’s Central railway...
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The federal government flagship Entrepreneurs Programme national delivery partners have kicked off a hiring spree, seeking to fill 37 different commercialisation and ‘innovation connection’ positions across all states and...
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The Fair Work Commission has ruled that UberEats drivers are not employees, with the transport union now demanding the federal government step in to regulate the gig economy. UberEats...
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For a signature policy that is clearly a source of great pride for former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the landmark National Innovation and Science Agenda is given surprisingly short...
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Of the seven delivery provider contracts worth $140 million awarded by the Department of Industry for its Entrepreneurs Programme, five contracts – worth about $109 million – were with...
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The prudential regulator’s decision to stop issuing new banking licences for at least six months will “stifle innovation” and cripple FinTechs, according to FinTech Australia. The Australian Prudential Regulation...
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In a massive revamp of its flagship Entrepreneurs Programme, the Industry department has awarded four tender contracts worth a combined $110 million for delivering the program’s commercial outcomes. The...
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High-growth companies that have been impacted by the health and economic crisis have been thrown a lifeline with a special carve-out to access the historic $130 billion JobKeeper package...
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The era of the standard co-working space is over. Any organisation that thinks it can just provide desks, wi-fi and fresh juice in mason jars or beer on tap...
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SafetyCulture is officially Australia’s newest unicorn after the Queensland-based tech company closed a $60.5 million funding round. According to the company, the Series C-1 round valued the company, which...
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Brisbane based technology and services company Bigmate has developed a thermal-imaging solution which can immediately detect elevated temperatures of people entering or leaving their workplaces in real time. Known...
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Co-working businesses operating inside the $35 million Sydney Startup Hub have been thrown a state government lifeline in the form of a six-month rent holiday to keep them viable...
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At a time when it seems the whole world needs a bridging loan to get through to the other side of the COVID-19 crisis, a new tech sector lobby...