The message we have been hearing from the Coalition government for almost three years is about the unbridled opportunities available in China. The apotheosis of this was the signing...
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s regulatory sandbox proposals have been hailed as a game changer in the global FinTech scene but may need some tweaking to accommodate ideas...
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Regardless of what you think about the government dropping a further $15 million into incubator support a week ago, it seems a strange way to announce policy. This is...
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The Asia Pacific region – Australia’s backyard – is now home to more than half of the world’s 2.5 billion plus smartphone users, a share that grew from 35 per...
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For all the Chinese government’s grand plans to bring the country charging into the 21st Century as a powerhouse of science and technology the truth is, like its North...
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A controversial High Court decision not to allow a patent applicant to appeal an adverse finding in the Full Federal Court has caused an outbreak of the crankies in...
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has stepped up his rhetoric on the country’s digital and innovation future, setting out a clear timetable for the world’s most populous nation to seize...
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With Free Trade Agreements signed with Japan, South Korea and China during this term in government, the Trade Department has pushed the accelerator on talks with Indonesia to secure...
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Singapore is carving out one of its suite of technology niches as a regional hub for technology-driven healthcare and the related field of biotechnology. These sectors were very much...
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It is a question that is doing the rounds. “Are we in a fin-tech bubble, I think we are.” At least that was the message from among a phalanx of...
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It’s hard to know what to make of the latest tech industry lobby group to be set up – Tech Sydney – but the fact that the group will...
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Australia may never face the existential challenges of Israel, demand national service of its youth, or have a Chief Scientist with $500 million a year to blow on startups...
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Could it possibly get any better? The home for the fifth and final ‘Landing Pad’ under the Turnbull Government’s still nascent National Science and Innovation Agenda is a five...
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ASX-listed NetComm Wireless has a come a long way since it was founded in Sydney in 1982 to manufacture modems. It is now a technology leader in intelligent communications...