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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...