The NSW Government will today call for expressions of interest for a massive new Sydney Startup Hub of up to 15,000 square metres, to become the physical and spiritual...
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Gender diversity remains a significant issue for the local startup sector, government grants are under-utilised, and founders aren’t quite the stereotypical cliché you think they are. All this according...
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The Australian and Securities and Investment Commission has turned its attention to the burgeoning regulatory technology sector, raising the possibility that its innovation hub and regulatory sandbox could be...
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The roll-out of the Victorian Government’s ICT strategy has become a mystery, with key deadlines being missed and the Minister responsible having gone missing in action. Special Minister for...
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Australia ranks stone motherless last in one of the most critical measures listed in the Innovation and Science Australia report on how this country fares in creating wealth from...
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The uneasy relationship between the science and technology communities in the US and the Trump Administration – particularly over immigration – presents a huge opportunity for Australia to aggressively...
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Centrelink staff will go on strike next week over the ongoing robo-debt fiasco with morale hitting rock bottom as a result of the program. Department of Human Services employees...
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The sector’s most senior advisory board Innovation and Science Australia has unveiled a landmark review that tells us much about what we already know: We are pretty good at research...
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Last week we published our one hundredth newsletter, and what a ride it has been. The innovation and digital transformation space that we report on has been incredibly busy....
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Australia’s regional cities make the perfect testing environment for larger ‘smart city’ policies and projects, and should be used to deploy pilot programs before scaling public investment, according to...
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NBN Co is a text book example of why Government Business Enterprises (GBE) attract criticism. In 2017, the company’s government-appointed senior management team is set to bumble along with...
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The City of Sydney is about to release a new digital strategy – but even before release, it has been dismissed as lip service to genuine innovation. Councillor Jess...
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Wyatt Roy has landed his first full-time role following political defeat at last year’s federal election, with the former assistant minister for innovation to lead a billion-dollar artificial intelligence...
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An unpleasant stoush has broken out between Australia’s largest local government authority, Brisbane City Council, and Australia’s largest indigenous software supplier, TechnologyOne. The Council says TechnologyOne is not delivering...