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Labor: Tax breaks and landing pads

On the eve of the Turnbull Government policy statement for diversifying the economy and improving the commercial performance of the Australian technology sector, Labor has unveiled another tranche of...

BCA chief elected UTS chancellor

The University of Technology Sydney’s innovation credentials have been given a boost with the election of Business Council of Australia president Catherine Livingstone as chancellor. Ms Livingstone, who has...

Thai opportunities for Australia

In recent years Thailand has found that its edge as one of Southeast Asia’s technology hubs, has been slipping away. It remains the region’s biggest maker of hard drives,...

Unlocking research led capabilities

All Policy is developed and implemented to change outcomes with regard to a targeted impact zone. For this discussion, let’s accept that Innovation policy targets change in our: Creation...

Muster highlights startup realities

The 2015 Startup Muster Report launched today highlights a healthy and booming ecosystem in Australia and is both surprising and clarifying in its findings. More than 1000 Australian startup...

Highrise threat to growing precinct

Redeveloping the Powerhouse Museum site solely for residential high-rises would kill the growing startup and creative industries precinct that has grown organically around the University of Technology, Sydney. UTS...

Does innovation need connectivity?

Eight and a half years ago a group of ICT companies put together a report Energising Australian Innovation which was sub-titled “a 10 year Strategic Vision for the Australian...

Bishop offers $2m policy ‘prize’

The Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop will offer a $2 million ‘prize’ for the most innovative ideas and programs for responding to future natural disasters in the Pacific. Launching...

Local uni’s embrace Stanford model

Australian universities are embracing the CS+X model now being championed by Stanford, to offer courses that blend computer science with other disciplines in order to make ICT study more...

Business readies for R&D tax fight

The business sector is preparing to fight calls for an overhaul of Australia’s R&D tax incentive scheme, arguing government has no business trying to “pick winners” when it comes...

Mobile is key to Asia readiness

Arriving in sleepy Vientiane, the capital of Communist run Laos – one of the least populous nations in the region, with just six million people – last week, I was surprised...

Are there no women in Camelot?

The list of senior leadership appointments to the Commonwealth’s innovation infrastructure is impressive, bringing a diversity of business and commercial experience to the roles that had perhaps been lacking....

Open door policy for Avi Hasson

The Office of the Chief Scientist inside Israel’s Ministry for the Economy is responsible for the execution of government policy in support of industrial research and development. Given Israel’s...

LaunchVic: a different agency

The Victorian Government has announced a new public sector entity to encourage and develop the state’s startup community, in what will be quite a different government agency, its new...