Industry minister Karen Andrews will hold a pair of roundtables with high-profile members of the tech and startup communities in an effort to improve relations with the sector and...
Public investment in startups and tech companies is dropping while private investment growth is slowing in troubling signs for the local sectors amid political uncertainty, a new report has...
The NSW Cyber Security Network (NSWCSN) will be handing out money vouchers to cyber security startups and SMEs to work with selected NSW universities on cyber security research, as...
The federal government’s controversial encryption laws will remain unchanged until after the upcoming election after the Opposition’s amendments remained stalled in the Senate. The parliamentary committee tasked with scrutinising...
The federal government will give the Export Market Development Grants scheme a $60 million top up in this week’s budget, a popular support program for tech companies and startups....
Melbourne-based cross border payments platform Airwallex has just earned unicorn status, following a successful Series C fundraising round of US$100 million. The fintech, which is now valued at over...
The federal government has pledged an additional $12 million to the local space sector, with a new mission control centre and education facility to be established in Adelaide. But...
American tech giant Salesforce has launched a $70 million-plus venture capital fund in Australia, but funding will only go towards startups in the company’s own “ecosystem”. The $US50 million...
Converting information from a Word or PDF document into a website sounds like no big deal. But when it’s the final report of the Banking Royal Commission and there...
The government’s new encryption-busting powers are already having a “profoundly negative” impact on the Australian tech sector, as industry heavyweights unite to demand changes to the controversial new laws....