Tag: KPMG

Expensive reliance on outside advice

The government’s use of external consultants to design Services Australia is “deeply concerning” and risks the new department having an “expensive, debilitating dependency” on outsourcing, according to the deputy chair of the Parliament’s Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit Julian Hill. InnovationAus.com revealed last week that McKinsey and...

ServicesAus win for McKinsey, KPMG

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government has called in the big consultanty firms McKinsey and KPMG to help design its new Services Australia department, with the companies sharing in nearly $1 million for...

Aussie VC soars, but it’s lumpy

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The amount of venture capital invested in Australia has soared to a record high, but with a lower number of deals there are concerns about a remaining funding gap...

Innovation and corporate muscle

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An expansion to the regulatory sandbox scheme and tax incentives for big businesses to back startups should be on the cards to help build a bridge between corporates and...

Growing demand for IoT standards

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The technologies used to improve city services will require standards-based interoperability and security protocols to take advantage of truly smart cities potential, Giant Ideas director Catherine Caruana-McManus said. Speaking...

Indigenous ideas for empowerment

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The Federal Government should carve out a portion of its $23 million Incubator Support program to build incubators and accelerators targeted exclusively at indigenous businesses and entrepreneurs, according to...

Hypercat alliance for smart cities

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Australia looks like throwing its lot in with the UK-originated Hypercat Alliance as a technology standard for the Internet of Things to support the development of smart cities. Hypercat...