The issue of “digital inclusion” is usually considered to be a matter of social policy. Events at this year’s ACCAN conference Dollars and Bytes – Communications affordability now and...
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Perhaps the main attraction to Singapore, the city-state pulling out all the stops to become the technology hub of Southeast Asia, is simple: money. Not only is Singapore full...
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Australian wealth accounting platform innovator, Class Software, was pretty blessed when it was in startup mode. It had access to a client base of high net worth individuals who...
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Shut your eyes very hard and imagine, if you can, Tony Abbott saying these words: “One important advantage which we have which we must take full advantage of is to...
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Once upon a time, in the heady days of 1987 when The Bangles, Whitney Houston and Crowded House ruled the pop charts, South Australia was preparing to create a...
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It is fitting that the first High-Growth Focus interview, a feature that will appear every Wednesday in InnovationAus.com, is with a FinTech company that offers small business loans online. Prospa...
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It’s not often Australia hosts the global CEO of a multinational technology outfit. That changed briefly last week when networking giant Huawei’s chief executive, Ken Hu, shared a platform...
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A Western Australian security firm took the top honours at the prestigious Telstra Business Awards in Sydney last night, at an event crowded with tech innovation and entrepreneurial smarts....
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The Commonwealth’s Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) scheme is set for a significant funding boost over the next three years, with the tabling of an independent report in Parliament...
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Australia’s Significant Investor Visa program is short-sighted and undervalues the strength of the Australia-China economic relationship, according to influential billionaire Chinese businessman Xiao Wunan. The SIV program, through which...
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The Senate committee investigating corporate tax avoidance will this week recommend changes to government procurement processes aimed at levelling the playing field for Australian suppliers who pay tax in...
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Australian Voice over IP specialist MyNetFone has grown from modest beginnings into a technology leader with an expanding global footprint. Chief Executive Rene Sugo saw an opportunity to transform...
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There has been plenty of noise about Australia’s free trade agreement with China, the awkward looking ChAFTA, in the eight weeks since it was signed in mid-June. But there...
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The ‘Reinvention program’ at the Australian Taxation Office is as much about changing culture as introducing new technology, the ATO chief information officer Jane King said. Speaking at the...