Tag: Wyatt Roy

Turnbull in China: It’s all upside

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
The Innovation stream for government’s ambitious Australia Week in China program running this week may not have been the most popular on the massive eight-city caravan that has seen...

It’s springtime in China for the PM

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Australian businesses will get a close look at some of China’s biggest technology companies including Huawei Technologies, Alibaba, Baidu, and JD.com as part of the Australia Week in China...

Wyatt’s art of staying on message

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy certainly gets around. He’s been popping up all over the place recently, bringing his youthful enthusiasm to the Turnbull Government’s innovation agenda. Monday...

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...

Stone & Chalk flags cyber security lab

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The head of fintech hub Stone & Chalk has announced it will take the lead in developing a cyber security research lab in Australia, to “nurture and grow a...

No surprises in Shanghai surprise

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There’s an increasingly disappointing air of predictability that is settling over Malcolm Turnbull’s National Innovation and Science Agenda. And that, one would have thought, is quite the opposite to...

PM’s Cabinet crew on innovation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last night chaired the first meeting of the Innovation and Science Committee of the Cabinet. The meeting marks the first time a Cabinet-level committee...

Location talks on landing pads start

Posted on   |  by Elaine McFadden
Consultations are underway to identify the final three locations for the global ‘landing pads’ that will support entrepreneurial Australians, announced as part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA)....

DataStart may take startup equity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Commonwealth is considering a significant expansion of its DataStart program as an ongoing mechanism for finding data solutions to government challenges, and to help fund new companies, Innovation...