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ANU spin outs offer commercialisation insights

The leaders of three companies spun out of the Australian National University gathered last Wednesday to offer advice on issues of commercialisation, collaborating with universities, and early-stage recruitment. Organised...

Absence of progress as the NBN strikes out again

The NBN Company has released a discussion paper on its Special Access Undertaking variation and commenced a new round of talks with the competition regulator, service providers and consumer...

Here is an innovation taxonomy for success

The story of success of early-stage technological invention is not pretty. Studies from the US, Europe, Israel and Australia all say technological inventions are mostly unsuccessful. One local study...

Creating a national network for commercial innovation

We complicate innovation. Essentially it just takes four resources to produce: talent, capital, technology, and demand.  We tend to treat these resources as separate inputs rather than as an...

Manufacturing grants review costing jobs: Sussan Ley

The Labor government review of its predecessor’s $1.3 billion manufacturing grants program has put “tens of thousands of jobs at risk” and undermined business certainty, deputy opposition leader Sussan Ley...

Amy Brown steps away from Investment NSW role

Amy Brown has stepped down from her role leading Investment NSW after being criticised for her part in the controversial appointment of John Barilaro to a plum trade role....

Australia lags OECD on AI and data productivity

The federal Productivity Commission says Australian businesses lag other developed economies in the adoption of productivity boosting data analytics and AI tools despite a relatively high uptake of cloud...

Review of critical tech list seeks new balance: Husic

Industry minister Ed Husic says the federal government’s review of the nascent critical technologies list will seek to find a new “middle path” between economic opportunity and national security...

‘Regulation is coming’: ASIC chair tells crypto ecosystem

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission must become a “digital savvy regulator” to tackle growing regulatory challenges including crypto assets and investment scams according to its chair Joseph Longo....

IBM’s whole of government deal doubles to $2bn

IBM’s government-wide sourcing deal has ballooned to more than $2 billion, double what it was slated to cost over five years in 2018, as negotiations begin on the next...

Andy Penn on rightsizing our giant cybersecurity challenges

Outgoing Telstra chief Andy Penn has criticised the implementation of the former federal government’s $1.7 billion 2020 cyber strategy he helped develop, warning “insufficient progress” had been made, even...

Cultural change needs revised thinking and renewed acceptance

Being the change you want to see in the world starts by broadening your collective outlook. The Counterpoint Conversations — Cultural Change Unlocks Innovation whitepaper centres on the importance...

Toward the next generation of digital entrepreneurs

Atlassian, Canva and SafetyCulture are examples of successful companies that began their life as digital startups in Australia. These companies have set campuses, venture capital firms, co-working spaces and...