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We need an overarching innovation strategy

Tuesday’s budget saw technology elevated to new importance. But it lacked the bold bets and overarching strategy needed to support Australia’s new economies, according to innovation experts, who have...

Crowdsource talent to cut consultancy ‘fat’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian governments could tap into millions of highly qualified experts and slash consultancy “fat” by opening up their tender process to crowd sourcing, Freelancer chief executive Matt Barrie says....

Tech gets mugged by political reality

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Friday’s opening keynote at Startcon was a trip down memory lane. All that fresh air and optimism and Malcolm on stage, you would be forgiven for thinking it was...

In 2019, we’re a banana republic

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In 1986, then Treasurer Paul Keating said that Australia risked becoming a third-rate economy – a ‘banana republic’ – if it allowed the sophisticated industrial side of the country...

Tepid reaction to tech spending

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As the Treasurer Scott Morrison delivered the final flourishes on his election budget speech last night, the pragmatic negativity among delegates at InnovationAus.com’s third Budget Insider event was setting...

Matt Barrie urges radical rethink

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Freelancer CEO Matt Barrie’s views on the precarious state of Australia’s economy are well known, and he is now urging Treasurer Scott Morrison to use the Budget to “radically...

Freelancer and the privacy web

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Freelancer.com looks to have been be caught up in another privacy breach debacle, after one of its European account holders filed a $60,000 complaint with the Office of Australian...

Matt Barrie is a reluctant optimist

Posted on   |  by James Riley
He won’t thank me for saying so, but Freelancer.com chief executive Matt Barrie seems remarkably chill. He has a view of the mainstream Australian economy that suggests we’re all...

Finkel: Rankings a poor measure

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Reports of Australia falling behind in the global innovation race have been greatly exaggerated, according to chief scientist Alan Finkel. Speaking at the Australian Financial Review’s Innovation Summit, Dr...

StartCon readies for Sydney 2017

Posted on   |  by James Riley
By the time the StartCon exhibition and conference series closed its doors at Royal Randwick in Sydney on Sunday night it had attracted more than 3,100 visitors, cementing its...