For a very short while, the Innovation Department’s funding of lobbyist StartupAus was the dumbest thing to happen during the election campaign last week that was related to the tech...
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Companies looking to sell innovative services on the world stage will remain heavily reliant on bilateral trade deals for the foreseeable future with international agreements on trade in services...
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Digital investigation software from Nuix has a habit of turning up in the guts of many of the most juicy investigations of modern times and that gumshoe trail is...
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Legendary US entrepreneur Kay Koplovitz describes the 2016 presidential primaries’ season in the US as “very disheartening, very dispiriting,” and the “craziest election cycle I have ever seen.” “It’s...
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Western Australia has unveiled a four-year $20 million innovation program, appointed its first innovation minister, and pledged to leverage digital technology to broaden the State’s economy. State Development and...
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Richard White, Australia’s newest member of the Unicorn club, has a problem with minimal viable products – he thinks they’re oxymoronic for enterprise software companies. “People often produce something...
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Now that Malcolm Turnbull has called a July 2 double dissolution election, the Budget is last week’s news. The phoney war is over and Australia is in election mode....
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Shares in ASX-listed geospatial mapping and visual analytics company Nearmap soared nearly 30 per cent recently on the back of a positive quarterly financial update. Its shares are now...
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The Turnbull government has today inked what is arguably the Coalition’s smartest bilateral economic agreement, particularly in terms of technology and innovation. The so-called Australia-Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is a step...
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Billed as a jobs and growth budget, for Australia’s innovators, it is a Jekyll and Hyde affair. Yes, the government wants to spruce up the economy with shiny Dr...
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Scott Morrison’s first budget will throw almost $2 million to enhance its new “Open for Business” Free Trade Agreement portal, a move it hopes will start plugging the gaps...
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The eSafety commissioner will move into terror prevention and Australia will add a Cyber Ambassador to its diplomatic ranks, while establishing a ring of joint cyber threat centres across...
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The quiet but persistent strengthening of industry and research relationships with Germany was given a further boost with the creation of a ‘landing pad’ for Australian startup companies in...
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Former IBM services legend Doug Elix’s return to an active high-profile participatory role within the Aussie innovation ecosystem is a huge boost for the sector. His appointment as co-chairman...