David Thodey uses the word ‘wonderful’ often – to describe Australia’s research, opportunities, education, skills and assets. The fact he doesn’t use the word to describe the NBN is...
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The political power building inside the big social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook is probably already too difficult to constrain says the man who led the adtech team...
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The federal government is weirdly reluctant to embrace its own success in relation to the rude health of the Australian startup sector. The collective momentum of young entrepreneurs in...
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A large tech conference due to take place in Melbourne this year has been postponed, despite the Victorian government paying for the rights to hold it exclusively in the...
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Simply spending corporate funds on traditional research and development programs is not the best path towards business innovation, said PwC Partner Aaron LePoidevin. Instead, organisations need to embark on...
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Australia’s competition watchdog has launched an inquiry into the impact digital platforms like Facebook and Google are having on media and advertising disruption. The federal government has formally instructed...
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The South Australia government has retreated from its attempt to pass legislation that would have allowed startups and tech companies to bypass state laws in the name of innovation...
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It took Guy Kawasaki 30 years to find another company as interesting as Apple and when he did it was based in Australia. Mr Kawasaki was Apple’s chief evangelist...
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The government must step up and implement policies that focus on innovation and startups for the benefit of the country even if the general public isn’t supportive of the...
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Silicon Valley acceleration heavyweight Marcus Segal is in Sydney this week talking to entrepreneurs and scouting possible startups to invest in. He is here as part of the City...
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The board member who served as acting chair of LaunchVic for most of this year has quietly resigned from the $60 million government body, the ninth director to depart...
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If the federal government’s Digital Marketplace was supposed to provide windfall gains to smaller local businesses by making it easier to win Commonwealth contracts, then it has disappointed. More...
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While official numbers are still being tallied following the Queensland state election over the weekend, it’s confirmed that Minister for Innovation Leeanne Enoch kept her seat in the electorate...
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Although government has begun to embrace digital transformation, there’s still some way to go. Eventually, disruption will transform not only the way government delivers services, but also the way...