Tag: Alex McCauley

Bragg to regulators: Stay in your lane

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s regulators need to stay in their lane and encourage competition to avoid innovative tech companies being “hacked to death by regulations”, according to Liberal senator and FinTech committee...

Andrew Bragg on the next wave of FinTech

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Coalition senator leading a government review of the FinTech sector is expected to outline early thinking on the next phase of policy reform aimed at boosting the startup...

PM flags fresh changes to R&D tax scheme

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has flagged that fresh changes to the government’s controversial plan to cut $1.8 billion from the research and development tax incentive will be included in...

Another review of the R&D tax scheme

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government has launched another review of the research and development tax incentive, this time looking at improving “customer experience” and the controversial compliance activities. The department is now...

NSW sovereign capability taskforce named

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The NSW government has named a 23-person ICT/Digital Sovereign Procurement Taskforce charged with making it easier for innovative local tech companies to get access to government contracts, using procurement...

Govt ‘head in the sand’ on copyright reform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s national startup body has slammed the government for its “head in the sand” approach to tech policy after it failed to act on a series of recommendations to...

On poaching HK tech talent and companies

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia will introduce a range of incentives in an effort to attract high-growth export companies from Hong Kong and will fast-track special talent tech visas from the country. Following...

Rebuilding the startup sector post-COVID

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia should look to improve its sovereign tech capability and provide more support for startups and entrepreneurs as part of its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to StartupAUS...

JobKeeper carve out for high growth startups

Posted on   |  by James Riley
High-growth companies that have been impacted by the health and economic crisis have been thrown a lifeline with a special carve-out to access the historic $130 billion JobKeeper package...
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