Tag: AusTrade

AliPay is coming, ready or not

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There is a financial technology tsunami headed this way from China and our government, business and regulation leaders need to get ready to adapt. So says Grame Barty an...

Senior staff exits hit Austrade

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Austrade staff were reeling in shock last night after recently-appointed CEO Stephanie Fahey began a major bloodletting at the organisation with three of most senior executives set to leave...

Aussie cyber hits the US market

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
A big Australian cyber security mission stormed the beaches of San Francisco last week seeking intel on how to exploit the giant US market and lure American cyber players...

New trade crew for Singapore

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
It’s all out change in Singapore right now when it comes to senior Australian diplomats and business leaders. Australia’s most important partner in Southeast Asia is the scene of...

MacGibbon leads US cyber mission

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Prime Minister’s special advisor on cybersecurity will join with freshly-minted Australian Cyber Security Growth Centre Network CEO Craig Davies to lead an Austrade delegation of 20 local companies...

Jack Ma: SME’s own the future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Having a proven entrepreneurial nose for making the right (serial) bets on the next big trends in all things digital – including changing customer behaviour – and then spinning...

SF is the world’s softest landing pad

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
The Turnbull Government’s grandly named $11 million offshore initiative for Australian startups – the Global Innovation Program – will be firing on all five cylinders by October as the...

Fishburners’ new Shanghai digs

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Sydney-based startup community work space Fishburners has built a credible pathway for local innovators to establish a beachhead in China, establishing its first international co-working space in Shanghai. Fishburners...

Landing Pads: a startup shoestring

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Austrade is firmly in charge of the five ‘landing pads’ that have been a centre of attention in Malcolm Turnbull’s National Innovation and Science Agenda. But government has so...