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R&D tax interpretations are ‘ludicrous’

The “strict interpretation” of what constitutes an eligible activity under the Research and Development Tax Incentive restricting software claims is “ludicrous” and leading local tech companies to move offshore,...

Tech precinct plan heads to Cabinet

1 October 2019 | by James Riley

It is more than a year since Premier Gladys Berejiklian stood with Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar in Sydney to unveil the city’s ambition to build an innovation and technology...

Mirvac rebirths a technology precinct

15 May 2019 | by James Riley

Mirvac and its consortium partners, AMP Capital, Sunsuper and Centuria Property Funds have opened the doors to the first two buildings of its revamped tech and innovation precinct at...

Lack of consulting undermined AA law

27 March 2019 | by Seamus Byrne

The federal government’s controversial encryption legislation had been undermined by an unseemly rush through the Parliament that throttled its industry consultation and a lack of awareness of the reality...

Labor commits to encryption reform

15 February 2019 | by James Riley

Federal Labor would work with industry to fix controversial encryption legislation and pass the baseline recommendations of the Parliament’s joint committee on intelligence and security if it elected to...

NSW’s new tech mega precinct

7 August 2018 | by James Riley

The New South Wales government has announced initial plans for a potentially vast new tech precinct in central Sydney – to be “Australia’s Silicon Valley” – but has declined...

MC-B on tech talent shortfalls

13 March 2018 | by James Riley

Atlassian co-founder and co-chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes has told a senate committee investigating the future of work and workers that Australia must get behind the local industry and called...

Big Tech has a leadership problem

7 December 2017 | by James Riley

Big Tech is on the nose in large parts of the community which does not trust its motives and fails to recognise its promise, according to Labor digital economy...

Musk offer is no way to govern

13 March 2017 | by James Riley

You can’t fault the billionaire Australian software entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes’ motivation for pressing for a 100MW battery storage facility to be set up in South Australia to help it through...

MC-B warning on 457 visa debate

30 November 2016 | by James Riley

We live in strange times. Debates about things that matter get so obscured by political weirdness that it takes the intervention of an industry giant to point out the...

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