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Tech giants launch SME support platform

A new website has been launched offering free services from global tech giants for Australian businesses trying to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. The Australian Information Industry Association...

Google to pay ATO $480M

18 December 2019 | by Denham Sadler

Google will pay the Australian Taxation Office more than $480 million after settling its 10-year tax dispute. The dispute relates to Google’s tax practices in Australia from 2008 to...

Gov’t responds to digital platform inquiry

12 December 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The competition watchdog gets an additional $27 million to fund a new unit to monitor Facebook and Google, while new codes of conduct will be developed and the Privacy...

Alan Noble on the StartupAUS origins

4 December 2019 | by James Riley

The first Crossroads report, published in April 2014, contained a foreword written by Adrian Turner that started with the line “Australia is facing some tough decisions that will define...

Tech giants hit back at ACCC report

12 September 2019 | by Denham Sadler

Tech giants Google and Facebook have accused the Australian competition watchdog of going beyond its remit in its 18-month inquiry into digital platforms, and warned that its recommendations will...

Disruption and democracy: Shetler

19 August 2019 | by James Riley

Serious action is needed now to curb the power of the global tech giants and Australia should be leading the way with a series of reforms, according to former...

Petre warns on ACCC tech report

29 July 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The competition watchdog’s proposed changes to merger laws would hurt Australia tech companies and lead to entrepreneurs relocating overseas, according to AirTree Ventures co-founder Daniel Petre. The ACCC’s final...

US antitrust move to follow ACCC

25 July 2019 | by James Riley

Just weeks before the Australian government publicly releases the final report from the ACCC’s landmark tech platforms inquiry, the US government has opened its own review of the market...

Microsoft acts on extremist content

26 March 2019 | by Denham Sadler

Microsoft has called for the tech sector to put aside rivalries and work together to better moderate and remove extremist content in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack....

Simson fears for small biz marketers

25 March 2019 | by Seamus Byrne

Something needs to be done about the concentration of digital advertising around Facebook and Google, with both regularly changing the rules so there is little consistency or clarity, according...

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