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Calls for an end to Telstra ‘subsidy’

The Productivity Commission has released a report calling for the called for phasing out of the Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation (TUSO). The TUSO is a subsidy the government (which...

Shetler: At home in Stone & Chalk

Outspoken digital evangelist and delivery guru Paul Shetler has landed in a new role as an Expert in Residence at Sydney FinTech hub Stone & Chalk, and aims to...

Zombie report gets a resurrection

A recommendation from a long buried Senate report to reinstate a Federal funding program for the local video games industry got a thumbs up from another parliamentary report this...

‘Chilling’ fall in global tech rank

Australia’s continued fall in global innovation rankings should send “a chill through the bones” of the local tech and startup communities, according to shadow minister for the digital economy...

New FinTech plan for Melbourne

The Victorian Government is now seeking applications for “experienced innovation hub operators” to establish a FinTech hub in Melbourne. The hub will be based in the Goods Shed North...

NSW budget: Digital health push

The New South Wales Government will detail $536 million in digital health infrastructure spending when the state’s Treasurer Dominic Perrottet hands down his first budget on Tuesday morning. While...

Startup Hub: Bye Bye Barangaroo?

The New South Wales Government appears to have drawn a line through Barangaroo as the site for its temporary Sydney Startup Hub, as it nears a dotted-line conclusion to...

Time for an Aussie space agency?

There are growing calls from founders and entrepreneurs for the Australian government to establish a centralised space agency to support the burgeoning local industry. Those currently operating in the...

Finkel falls short for local startups

The highly anticipated and controversial Finkel Report “falls short” for local clean energy startups and does them a disservice by skewing in favour of the big incumbents, local innovators...

Crypto-politics: A sleeper awakes

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s assertion that technology companies should help security services circumvent encryption measures has drawn a sharp response from Greens senator Scott Ludlam. Senator Ludlam has long...

Grants to target cancer research

New grants of up to $200,000 are on offer to foster innovation in brain cancer research and plug a funding gap for small players in the industry. The Cure...

Validation for Vic tech policy

A global award for Melbourne’s technology and innovation sector serves as validation for the Victorian government’s ongoing policy strategy in the space, according to Innovation Minister Philip Dalidakis. Melbourne...

Super pool can fund scale-up VC

Australia’s venture capital pool has likely doubled for FY2017 as the proportion of VC bound money coming from the country’s super funds ramps up. Last year Australia’s VC sector...

Banks told to open up their data

There’s a clash developing between traditional finance institutions and the new wave of disruptive FinTechs and RegTechs over data access that may take government intervention to rectify. FinTechs and...