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FIRB reforms will ‘imperil’ quantum sector

Proposed changes to Australia’s foreign investment rules will “imperil” the future of the country’s quantum computing sector and severely disadvantage local tech companies, according to a number of submissions...

FinTech, data rights and a Newfound mission

8 September 2020 | by David McClure

Australia’s consumer data right legislation doesn’t just exist to open up the banking sector, it’s for making the product matching and switching process much easier in an increasingly wide...

Talent grab as engineers get fast-tracked visas

7 September 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Australia has a “once in a generation opportunity” to attract some of the best tech talent in the world, with the federal government offering fast-tracked visas and border restriction...

An open letter to the PM from Aussie tech

23 August 2020 | by James Riley

A group of Australia’s most successful homegrown technology companies have written an open letter to the Prime Minister demanding a greater level of engagement with government on the policy...

Tech companies spared from new FIRB test

12 August 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Most tech companies may be spared from the strict new foreign investment national security test rules, with the government releasing draft legislation on the significant reforms. The federal government...

Rebuilding the startup sector post-COVID

14 May 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Australia should look to improve its sovereign tech capability and provide more support for startups and entrepreneurs as part of its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to StartupAUS...

Startup lobby never wastes a good crisis

2 April 2020 | by Sandy Plunkett

At a time when it seems the whole world needs a bridging loan to get through to the other side of the COVID-19 crisis, a new tech sector lobby...

Govt role for our hard hit ecosystem

30 March 2020 | by Joan Westenberg

Over this past weekend, the federal government unveiled an Australian coronavirus app and a Whatsapp news service designed to provide citizens with up to date, real-time information about the...

Growing calls for early R&D tax rebates

23 March 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The controversial proposed changes to the R&D tax incentive are now unlikely to pass this year, as the tech sector called for the changes to be scrapped and for...

US-China trade stoush hurts Aussie tech

20 January 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The tech sector has been hit by the trade tensions between the US and China with a sharp decline in VC flow, and this will have “harmful ramifications” for...

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