Australian trade authorities continued to press for more diversified trade with China that included a focus on new technology, regardless of the complexities of the relationship in high-tech goods...
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New Labor Senator Tony Sheldon has thrown down the gauntlet to both major parties to catch up and better regulate the “unaccountable tech titans”, calling for the introduction of...
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A Federal Court decision has “major implications” for Australian tech companies making software claims under the research and development tax incentive, with the government’s recent narrow interpretation of eligible...
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As the Morrison government settles in to a new term, industry attention has turned to fixing the “broken” research and development tax incentive to ensure it better supports software...
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Industry minister Karen Andrews will hold a pair of roundtables with high-profile members of the tech and startup communities in an effort to improve relations with the sector and...
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The government’s Consumer Data Right is set to pass Parliament this week after Labor agreed to support it despite having “deep concerns” with some aspects of the new laws....
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The Australian government has been caught out and our system of government is now at a crossroad. It is not acceptable that our government, on the pretext of “being...
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The Industry Growth Centres are “generally on track,” but the government will struggle to measure their overall effectiveness, a long-awaited report has found. The federal government tasked Nous Group...
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The competition watchdog’s proposed changes to merger laws would hurt Australia tech companies and lead to entrepreneurs relocating overseas, according to AirTree Ventures co-founder Daniel Petre. The ACCC’s final...
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The federal government should pursue “significant, holistic reform” to curb the market dominance of Google and Facebook and better protect the personal data of Australians, according to the competition...
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The newly-elected Liberal member for Wentworth Dave Sharma has called for a greater focus on supporting technology companies and the commercialisation of ideas in his maiden speech to Parliament....
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Just weeks before the Australian government publicly releases the final report from the ACCC’s landmark tech platforms inquiry, the US government has opened its own review of the market...
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The government has introduced Consumer Data Right legislation to Parliament for the second time, weeks after the launch of the open banking pilot program. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg introduced the...
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An intensive cybersecurity bootcamp is among the successful recipients of more than $1 million in funding from the government’s Incubator Support program. Industry minister Karen Andrews said on Tuesday...