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NSW to digitise home buying

Purchasing a new house could soon be a completely electronic process, end-to-end. At least that’s what the NSW government wants to see. NSW has released a discussion paper for...

Regions need an incubator boost

Fed up with seeing all the attention from the government shine on urban-based accelerators and incubators, Wollongong University’s iAccelerate has teamed up with other regional incubators to figure out...

China is open for tech startups

The Chinese government might be known the for the heavy hand of its command-and-control economic operations, but according to GWC partner and co-chief executive E.Hao – a former senior...

Reshuffle: PM bets on new team

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s bigger than expected ministerial reshuffle has delivered a new leadership team to its core innovation programs and reset expectations of what the industry can expect...

Cash gets reward in jobs and tech

Michaelia Cash will lead the government’s new innovation and jobs portfolio as part of Malcolm Turnbull’s Christmas cabinet reshuffle. The Prime Minister announced on Tuesday afternoon that Senator Cash...

MYEFO reveals new tech savings

The government has cut $100 million from its planned spend on the Centrelink IT overhaul, but has dished out additional cash to the Medicare payments system and a new...

Two-way dialogue on cybersecurity

In recent years the federal government has noticeably taken next-step measures to protect the country from cyberattacks, whether it’s with the delivery of its cybersecurity strategy or investing $50...

ACCC targets NBN experience

Australia’s consumer watchdog could take regulatory action as early as mid-next year to improve customer experiences with the NBN. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched an inquiry...

Medical records can be re-identified

The confidential medical records of one in ten Australians were exposed by the Department of Health in a bungled release last year, a new report has revealed. The privacy...

Women in VC advisory board

The venture capital sector remains one of the last bastions of gender imbalance and inequality, despite the good intentions and deliberate actions of many business leaders who work within...

Larry Marshall’s market connectors

The CSIRO’s likeable chief executive Larry Marshall claims to be his own biggest critic, and says rigorous self-assessment is useful. But just in case he’s not harsh enough, there...

RBA boss rails at Bitcoin hype

The Reserve Bank of Australia boss has slammed the rapidly increasing valuations of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies as a “speculative mania,” but has nonetheless confirmed the RBA is...

Bouris on driving digital take-up

Serial entrepreneur turned TV star Mark Bouris said that when the Small Business Digital Taskforce hands its final report to government in February, it will only be the start...

BlueChilli gets a tax-break status

Investors in BlueChilli startups are now eligible for new investor tax breaks, after the Sydney-based accelerator was the first company under the government’s early-stage investment company (ESIC) program. The...