The ‘innovation literacy’ of Australia’s political and business leadership might have improved significantly in the past two years, it is still well short of the countries that lead the...
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The much-anticipated Crossroads report from advocacy group StartupAus has lobbed onto the internet, painting a glass-half-full picture of Australia’s entrepreneur scene while at the same time warning that the...
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Pound for pound the Australian tech sector is producing better startup operators than its counterpart ecosystem in Silicon Valley, according to Freelancer.com’s acerbic CEO Matt Barrie. But that doesn’t...
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There is a massive prize for small Australian tech businesses through changes to Commonwealth ICT procurement being wrought by the Assistant Minister for the Digital Transformation and Cities Angus Taylor....
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It has taken more time than some might have liked to find its way to the Aussie tech sector, but the Significant Investor Visa program – aka the unexpected fountain...
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Austrac, the Australian Government’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing agency wants to get better engaged with the financial sector and the broader community. The agency has been undergoing a...
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Australian business is taking too long to transform, placing the nation’s economy in a “precarious position” according to Adrian Turner, the chief executive office at Data 61, the nation’s...
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Last night at Sydney’s harbourside Museum of Contemporary Art ten Australian startups were chosen as winners in the inaugural Bridge to MassChallenge Australia competition. Three state governments – NSW,...
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To an industry reliant on cross-border flows of technical skills and creative expertise, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s populist new war on 457 visas should be viewed with concern. Any...
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Industry Minister Greg Hunt has appointed Melbourne University’s innovation expert Charles Day as chief executive officer of Innovation and Science Australia, and announced three strategic appointments to the ISA...
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The Treasurer Scott Morrison has thrown the substantial weight of his office behind draft Productivity Commission recommendations that would give consumers more control over data held by banks and...
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Australia’s Ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma is in the country for a couple weeks, in part to drum up business for Austrade’s new startup ‘Landing Pad’ in Tel Aviv....
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As the deadline for ratifying the Paris climate accord arrives today (Nov. 4) with a dull thud for a government that has – 11 months later – singularly failed...
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Just over half the world’s banking customers now interacting directly with FinTech companies, according to a new report from consultancy Capgemini. The figure is a little lower in Australia,...