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Murray Hurps leaves AIIA board a year early

Startup sector luminary and director of entrepreneurship at the University of Technology Sydney Murray Hurps has resigned from the board of the Australian Information Industry Association halfway through his...

NSW to build a second Sydney Startup Hub

8 December 2020 | by James Riley

The New South Wales government is to fund the creation of a second Startup Hub located in the western Sydney suburb of Parramatta in an investment designed to put...

Victoria to launch $25m venture growth fund

24 November 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The Victorian government will launch a $25 million venture growth fund in an effort to keep startups in the state, a significant policy shift on tech for the state...

The economic benefits of software R&D

14 October 2020 | by Nick Therkelsen-Terry

Confirmation this week that the Federal Parliament has passed into law the research and development tax incentive (RDTI) will come as welcome news for the thousands of organisations which...

RDTI should be reserved for startups only

9 October 2020 | by James Riley

The federal Government’s R&D Tax Incentive largesse should go exclusively to startups and not big business, says one of Australia’s foremost software entrepreneurs. Big companies can survive without RDTI,...

PM flags fresh changes to R&D tax scheme

2 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has flagged that fresh changes to the government’s controversial plan to cut $1.8 billion from the research and development tax incentive will be included in...

FIRB reforms will ‘imperil’ quantum sector

22 September 2020 | by Denham Sadler

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...

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