Tag: Scott Morrison

Election enters its final, brutal stage

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is a campaign that started with air swings and false indignations at every turn. But as we enter this final and ultimately brutal stage of Election 2016, the...

ASIC to play in ScoMo’s sandbox

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The regulatory sandbox being proposed by ASIC is as much a plaything for the regulator as it is a place to nurture emerging FinTech companies, Treasurer Scott Morrison has...

Can the FinTech bubble save us all?

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
It is a question that is doing the rounds. “Are we in a fin-tech bubble, I think we are.” At least that was the message from among a phalanx of...

Stop the ride, I want to get off now

Posted on   |  by James Riley
So here’s what has happened so far. On Sunday morning the Prime Minister called for an election to be held on July 2. It’s now Tuesday evening and I...

Climate change and sins of omission

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Now that Malcolm Turnbull has called a July 2 double dissolution election, the Budget is last week’s news. The phoney war is over and Australia is in election mode....

Jekyll and Hyde’s big boring budget

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Billed as a jobs and growth budget, for Australia’s innovators, it is a Jekyll and Hyde affair. Yes, the government wants to spruce up the economy with shiny Dr...

Election 2016: Where to now?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
With Australia having entered a faux election campaign, the time is ripe for a faux election preview. InnovationAus.com has been out testing the temperature of the ‘innovation electorate’ to...

FinTech deserves our backing, fast

Posted on   |  by Alex Scandurra
This week’s significant announcement Backing Australian Fintech by the Treasurer builds on the down-payment made last year by the Prime Minister and Ministers Christopher Pyne and Wyatt Roy in the National...

ScoMo fires up new FinTech agenda

Posted on   |  by James Riley
On a day when the Prime Minister revealed the cunning political mechanics of a possible early election, his treasurer Scott Morrison was launching an election-like manifesto aimed at boosting...