Former spy chief David Irvine says Australia’s capacity to counter threats and criminal activity using cyber investigative tools is “relatively weak” and has called for the creation of a...
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The federal government has opened a tender for four regional incubator facilitators as part of the Industry department’s revamped Entrepreneurs’ Programme. These facilitators are being asked to provide mentoring...
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Leeanne Enoch may no longer hold the Innovation portfolio, but she continues to take advantage of the state’s Advance Queensland initiative, launching a new challenge through Queensland’s Small Business...
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The heated public debate over a secretive deal between tech giant Apple and the Victorian government to build a “flagship” store at Federation Square has revealed internal divisions within...
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A number of high-profile members of the Australian investor and tech sectors are calling on the government to establish its own venture capital fund to back local entrepreneurs and...
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The CSIRO, IoT Alliance Australia, Council of Small business of Australia (COSBA), and Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) are among 160-plus organisation to respond to the federal...
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Even though the Australian government failed to pass amendments to the equity crowd source funding (CSF) regime before the end of last year, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission...
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The government failed to meet its own year-end deadline for tabling a response to a senate report on the local games development sector, even as the ‘zombie inquiry’ approaches...
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Ho Ho Ho and Merry Christmas to all fellow travellers and happy campers! May you all get the holiday break you deserve after a hilarious and ridiculously busy 2017....
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The Victorian state opposition has fallen short in its bid to force an inquiry into problems at LaunchVic, the organisation overseeing the deployment of state government’s $60 million innovation...
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Purchasing a new house could soon be a completely electronic process, end-to-end. At least that’s what the NSW government wants to see. NSW has released a discussion paper for...
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Fed up with seeing all the attention from the government shine on urban-based accelerators and incubators, Wollongong University’s iAccelerate has teamed up with other regional incubators to figure out...
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The Chinese government might be known the for the heavy hand of its command-and-control economic operations, but according to GWC partner and co-chief executive E.Hao – a former senior...
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s bigger than expected ministerial reshuffle has delivered a new leadership team to its core innovation programs and reset expectations of what the industry can expect...