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Another report ticks game fund

A new government report has recommended reinstating the games development fund, the third to do so since it was axed in the “horror” 2014 budget. The House of Representatives...

Gearing up for a bumper year

As this giant of a year draws to a close, we are up to our elbows preparing the second annual InnovationAus.com Summer Reading List, which we’ll publish in our...

Brakes on equity crowdfunding

The government failed to pass amendments to the equity crowdfunding regime before the end of the year, meaning private companies won’t be able to access the funding method until...

NBN’s financial hit on HFC fix

The NBN remains a favorite whipping boy for the opposition, but as the Coalition version of the Labor inspired network builds out, questions mount as to what an incoming...

Crypto currency laws now passed

Laws regulating digital currency exchanges for the first time have been approved by Parliament in a major milestone for the burgeoning local sector. The amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering...

HealthTech drives SheStart sequel

Health industry focused early-stage startups have dominated the second cohort of BlueChilli’s female-led SheStart accelerator program. After putting an initial 22 startups through a three-week validation boot camp, eight...

Qld gets new innovation minister

The Palaszczuk Government has doubled-down on its first-term focus on the tech startup and innovation sectors with the appointment of Kate Jones as Innovation Minister, effectively promoting the portfolio...

NISA: What goes next matters

Two years after Malcolm Turnbull unveiled the much-heralded $1.1 billion innovation statement, advocacy groups and the Opposition are calling on the government to reaffirm its commitment to the startup...

NISA has a second birthday

It is two years and several Industry ministers after the Prime Minister unveiled with great fanfare his signature $1.1 billion National Innovation and Science Agenda, and the government is...

Big Tech has a leadership problem

Big Tech is on the nose in large parts of the community which does not trust its motives and fails to recognise its promise, according to Labor digital economy...

Copyright reforms miss the mark

Startups and tech companies have been ditched from the government’s reforms to the copyright safe harbour scheme, in a move that advocacy group StartupAus says risks losing promising early-stage...

Time to crank tech competition

As government departments undergo their own digital transformation and focus on delivering improved citizen services, Macquarie Government managing director Aidan Tudehope says it is a timely opportunity for the...

DTA Marketplace: work in progress

Digital Transformation Agency chief digital officer Peter Alexander concedes that robust criticism by SMEs of the Digital Marketplace is not unreasonable. Mr Alexander says the underwhelming recent findings of...

Zombie games report response

The federal government will finally deliver its response to the “zombie” report on the Australian games development industry by the end of the year, more than 20 months after...