One the surface, with all-out, all-change in the innovation portfolio taking the spotlight in the sector, it’s very much steady as she goes in the new Turnbull Ministry’s communications...
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An injectable biomaterial that can aid in the regeneration of damaged body tissues such as cartilage, spinal cord and bones will reduce the need for and risks of open...
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Malcolm Turnbull’s signature public sector innovation agency, the Digital Transformation Office, is set to come under intensified scrutiny in the next Parliament, with Labor already calling for an overhaul...
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Whatever bipartisan support there has been for innovation policy will be delivered with a sharper edge in the next parliament, according to Labor digital innovation and startups spokesman Ed...
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One outcome of the election on July 2 has been a collective frustration with how long it has taken to learn the result; though it is incorrect to call...
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Accounting firm Bentleys has published its biannual Voice of Australian Business report, based on an online survey of 350 Australian small to medium enterprises (SMEs). A key finding is...
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With the Coalition now primed to take hold of the post-election parliamentary reins, Australia’s innovation switch has again been flicked, and big business had better be ready. In his...
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Labor in opposition would continue to press for a rethink of the unpopular fibre-to-the-node NBN roll-out, with Shadow communications spokesman Jason Clare claiming the issue played a big part...
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Startup Muster has begun its third annual survey of Australia’s startup community. Chief executive Monica Wullf says the idea of Startup Muster is to “measure the progress, challenges and...
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Things just got significantly weirder for the new economy. And whatever perceived good that had been extended to the startup end of the innovation sector has now been reigned...
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It is hardly news that the Australian government’s Arts budget had been decimated by the proudly-culture free Tony Abbott and the Queenslander he put in charge of the portfolio,...
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Innovation may be the love-child of technology and creativity, but the focus is often fixed firmly on code and computers, leaving genuine creativity to fend for itself. This is...
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Melbourne startup nura has officially become the most funded Australian Kickstarter campaign ever, reaching a current total of US$1.2 million in pledges for headphone innovation, which enables the headphones...
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As he stood before the nation nine months ago, flushed with the success of his perfectly executed party room coup Malcolm Turnbull, a man who had mastered everything he...