The only people in Australia specifically excluded from the controversial encryption laws are the very people who rushed the legislation through on the final sitting day of 2018, our...
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A new regulatory framework for initial coin offerings proposed by federal government posed “a significant risk of fettering innovation”, according to a FinTech industry group. Government is actively considering...
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Australia’s signals intelligence agency has outlined publicly for the first time how it decides when to make a security vulnerability public, and when to keep it secret and later...
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The federal government has pledged an additional $12 million to the local space sector, with a new mission control centre and education facility to be established in Adelaide. But...
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Girl Geek Academy and Film Victoria are collaborating to launch a Games Career Incubator, offering 25 women and non-binary creators at the early stage of their careers to develop...
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Innovation and Science Australia’s (ISA) recently appointed chairman Andrew Stevens has plans to shift the organisation’s focus on industry R&D and innovation with the launch of a new report....
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A coalition of tech sector business leaders and industry groups have come together at the eleventh hour to voice concerns to government about its controversial new encryption laws, the...
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There has been a shocking number of research reports and reviews aimed at improving the performance of rural R&D and boosting regional innovation ecosystems more generally. If the challenges...
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CSIRO chairman and business leader David Thodey has called out Australia’s urgent need to better prepare for a volatile and uncertain future in a speech that also previewed the...
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A future NSW Labor Government said it would appoint the state’s first chief entrepreneur and establish a new unit called Enterprise NSW as part of a commitment to simplify...
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Google should be broken up to “clearly and effectively address the harm caused” by the tech behemoth, according to Australia’s biggest media company. In a submission to the Australian...
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Just eight visas have been issued in two and a half years under a federal government scheme set up to “attract and retain the best and brightest entrepreneurial talent”....
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The Australian venture capital sector is gradually attracting more local investment but not enough from the most significant source, institutional investors. Private Equity Media (PEM) has just released its...
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News of a new breakthrough in silicon-based quantum computing through a collaboration between UNSW and University of Sydney puts a spotlight on the NSW Government investment in a new...