Tag: PwC

Breach laws to change everything

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s cyber security scene is will undergo substantial change over the next year with the introduction of mandatory disclosure of data breaches the major driver. The new legislation was...

Cyber ecosystem is not an island

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Modern IT and communications systems are so complex that effective data security is possible only with a significant amount of collaboration between organisations. That’s the theme of consultancy PwC’s...

Diversity is the secret weapon

Posted on   |  by Margaret Lim
Australia’s entertainment and media sector must encourage diversity or risk losing out on emerging growth opportunities in Asia Pacific. This was the key takeaway from PwC’s 2016 Australian Entertainment...

Business as usual an R&D tax target

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A recent ruling over whether a drug trial carried out under contract was a new knowledge generating activity for R&D tax incentive purposes has implications for all contracted tech...

R&D tax scheme tricky for startups

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There are pitfalls for startups in the federal government’s R&D offset scheme for applicants who are planning to bootstrap their business from revenue and believe they will get back...