Labor’s spokesman on the digital economy Ed Husic has become a fixture in the innovation and startup sector in the past couple of years. He is a pragmatic original...
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Travelling in air-tight pods at 1,000 kilometres per hour is something most would imagine happening only in sci-fi films. But with Hyperloop – an Elon Musk-led vision to develop...
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Reports of Australia falling behind in the global innovation race have been greatly exaggerated, according to chief scientist Alan Finkel. Speaking at the Australian Financial Review’s Innovation Summit, Dr...
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The innovation debate in Australia is too focused on startups and tech companies, and needs to be more inclusive of the broader SME sector, according to CSIRO chief executive...
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Just hours after unveiling a strategic review of the Australian Government’s digital economy policies, Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos has announced he will take leave of absence from the Parliament...
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Australia will “miss the innovation opportunity” if it doesn’t address a number of key imperatives in the space, Innovation and Science Australia chairman Bill Ferris said. Speaking at the...
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Despite its superpower status as a producer and exporter of agricultural goods and services, up until now Australia has had only one accelerator program – SproutX – that has...
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Treasurer Scott Morrison will today unveil a new legislative package that will extend crowdsourced equity funding to private companies, effectively removing what had been the single biggest barrier to...
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Australia’s planned equity crowdfunding regime is over-regulated and runs the risk of no company taking part, the founder of a New Zealand-based equity crowdfunding company said. Anna Guenther, founder...
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The federal government along with a number of state governments already have an open data policy in place. Now, it’s Queensland’s turn. The Queensland government has released its first...
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Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne has spruiked a revival in Australia’s defence industry participation while aiming to squeeze more local involvement from foreign companies bidding on projects above $20...
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Germany has a well-earned reputation as a manufacturing powerhouse. Even during times when the global economy is struggling, the country has managed to progress, or at least rebound back...
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Australian regulators are grappling to control the “Wild West” world of ICOs, a new blockchain-based funding method that is changing the way new tech companies raise money. ASIC is...
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The transparency and process problems that have dogged Victorian innovation minister Philip Dalidakis and the grants body LaunchVic have put future support for the sector at risk. At best,...