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Govt must learn to shop locally for technology

The recent federal budget had a healthy headline digital spend of $800 million, but the government must think carefully about how this money is spent, and with whom. The...

Newfound drives new FinTech market access

19 October 2020 | by David McClure

Financial communications surveillance and a bank-linked ethical spending app were among the FinTech pitches from around the world at the recent Newfound Market Mission to Australia event. The inaugural...

NSW sovereign capability taskforce named

19 August 2020 | by James Riley

The NSW government has named a 23-person ICT/Digital Sovereign Procurement Taskforce charged with making it easier for innovative local tech companies to get access to government contracts, using procurement...

Stone & Chalk acquires Ribit matchmaker

28 July 2020 | by James Riley

Ribit, the digital student job and internship matchmaking service set up by the CSIRO’s Data61 as part of funding from the federal Digital Careers program has been acquired by...

Re-making startup support for new era

8 April 2020 | by Alex Scandurra

The era of the standard co-working space is over. Any organisation that thinks it can just provide desks, wi-fi and fresh juice in mason jars or beer on tap...

A tale of two FinTech hubs

24 January 2018 | by James Riley

The Victorian government has opted to fund two separate FinTech hubs in Melbourne following an extended tender process. The government announced last June that it would work with an...

Murray Hurps’ big new data gig

4 September 2017 | by James Riley

An inability to access large data sets is holding back the next generation of potentially huge Australian tech companies, former Fishburners CEO Murray Hurps said. Mr Hurps, who finished...

Three cheers and a sigh of relief

13 July 2017 | by James Riley

For Fishburners CEO Murray Hurps, the NSW government’s big reveal of the Sydney Startup Hub was the culmination of a harrowing three year journey. As the largest startup hub...

The Outsiders: Our Class of 2015

27 April 2016 | by James Riley

In the tech and innovation sectors, there are three high-profile names you will see popping up again and again. Paul Shetler, Adrian Turner and Alex Scandurra are outsiders, recruited...

Budget Insider: Policy wonks unite!

26 April 2016 | by James Riley

The chief executive officer of high-profile, female-focused angel network Scale Investors, Laura McKenzie, has been named as the final panelist for InnovationAus.com’s Budget Insider 2016, a wine-filled journey into...

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