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Huawei stands by its Canberra Raiders

Huawei Australia will continue to fulfil its sponsor obligations to the Canberra Raiders despite the ongoing uncertainty caused by the suspension of the National Rugby League season due to...

Is tech back on the political agenda?

17 February 2020 | by James Riley

It’s a pretty rare day in parliament these days when you hear consecutive, detailed speeches about innovation policy, but that’s what happened last week. Can innovation and the technology...

2020 cyber strategy elephant in the room

21 January 2020 | by Mark Gregory

The Australian Government is currently developing our nation’s next Cyber Security Strategy in its efforts to protect Australians from cyber threats. The 2016 Cyber Security Strategy was a four-year...

Cost of ban $300m a year, Huawei says

20 January 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Banning Huawei from participating in Australia’s 5G network could cost up to $300 million annually and lead to three million Australians missing out on the new technology, according to...

Startups are our job creation engine

21 November 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The push for more effective policies that support the needs of startups must centre on the job creation potential of these high-growth tech companies, StartupAus chief executive Alex McCauley...

Clare O’Neill on R&D tax incentive

17 November 2019 | by James Riley

Industry policy is at its lowest ebb in years and federal Labor is urging government to re-examine the Turnbull-era Innovation and Science Australia 2030 report for its recommendations on...

$50m cut to key NISA initiatives

2 April 2019 | by James Riley

The federal government has slashed $50 million from two of its “flagship” initiatives launched as part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda. The 2019-20 budget found “efficiencies” of...

Tackling Rudd’s NBN revisionism

16 January 2019 | by David Havyatt

Kevin Rudd’s The PM Years is an interesting exercise in revisionism that has fuelled great interest in his assertion that Murdoch attacked the NBN for commercial reasons. Before we...

Year in review: Back-end 2018

19 December 2018 | by James Riley

Following InnovationAus.com’s recap of the first six months of the year, it’s clear that 2018 started with a bang. It’s now time to look at what has been happening...

Innovation as better cooperation

3 December 2018 | by James Riley

It seems Australia’s experiment at being a world leader at ‘innovation’ is over, with the abrupt departure of its champion, Malcolm Turnbull. The then prime minister made headlines with...

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