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No-one’s playing in the sandbox

The federal government will look to pass legislation improving the regulatory sandbox as a “matter of priority” when Parliament resumes next month after it was revealed that only seven...

Meet Australia’s FinTech minister

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Victorian senator Jane Hume has become sworn in as Australia’s first assistant minister for financial technology within Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s second ministry. Mr Morrison announced his new team...

R&D tax senate report delayed

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The senate committee report on the contentious Research and Development Tax Incentive changes has been delayed and won’t be handed down for another three months. The Economics Legislation Committee...

Bipartisan group for blockchain

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
Labor and Coalition parliamentarians have banded together to throw support behind a measures aiming to support the burgeoning bitcoin and blockchain sectors in Australia. The Parliamentary Friends of Blockchain...

Melbourne’s plan to get smart

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Smart cities initiatives in Melbourne mark a shift from top-down governance to citizen-centric policy-making, according to Liberal Senator for Victoria Jane Hume. Speaking at InnovationAus.com’s Intelligent Communities event in...