The whistleblower who testified to US congress earlier this month that Facebook is putting “profits before people” has urged Australian politicians to regulate the tech giant because it has...
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The newly formed Technology Council of Australia, which includes the nation’s largest and most successful tech companies as founding members, will sponsor the top prize – the Australian Hero...
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The refinancing of Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance two weeks ago has kick started work on plans for a massive, world-scale GreenSteel investment by the company which would transform its...
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The not-for-profit startup co-working space and accelerator Stone & Chalk Group will embark on the next phase of growth with the appointment of a new chief executive officer Michael...
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Legislation allowing the government to take control of a company’s network as a “last resort” in the event of a cyberattack has sailed through the lower house despite a...
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The government’s research and development tax incentive is “counterintuitive” to innovation because it fails to focus work into Australia’s areas of strength and provides support only after the work...
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Limits should be placed on the federal government’s spending on consultants and better funding needs to be provided to internal ICT systems and staff to overcome the current “over-reliance”...
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Legislation underpinning the New South Wales government’s electric vehicle strategy passed Parliament on Wednesday with bipartisan support, paving the way for the introduction of a road user charge for...
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Two years and three reports later, the parliamentary committee on technology – which began life focused on fintech – has officially wrapped. Chaired by Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg, the...
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Cryptocurrency businesses and assets would be licensed by Treasury and a new system introduced in corporate law under a plan to regulate the sector being put forward by a...
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Dr Katherine Woodthorpe has called for more secure science funding and greater respect for the profession at a time when it is under attack from “angry wild mobs” and...
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The Coalition’s plan to introduce a cap on withdrawals from the Medical Research Future Fund is a “breach of its own promises” and will serve to “undermine medical research”...
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The government will be “tying the hands” of universities and businesses by forcing them to use standardised IP agreements, the peak body for scientists has warned in response to...
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It is more than 12 years since authors Dan Senor and Saul Singer chronicled Israel’s “economic miracle” in the landmark book Startup Nation. The Israel innovation ecosystem has changed...