The Victorian state opposition has fallen short in its bid to force an inquiry into problems at LaunchVic, the organisation overseeing the deployment of state government’s $60 million innovation...
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Fed up with seeing all the attention from the government shine on urban-based accelerators and incubators, Wollongong University’s iAccelerate has teamed up with other regional incubators to figure out...
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s bigger than expected ministerial reshuffle has delivered a new leadership team to its core innovation programs and reset expectations of what the industry can expect...
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Michaelia Cash will lead the government’s new innovation and jobs portfolio as part of Malcolm Turnbull’s Christmas cabinet reshuffle. The Prime Minister announced on Tuesday afternoon that Senator Cash...
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The venture capital sector remains one of the last bastions of gender imbalance and inequality, despite the good intentions and deliberate actions of many business leaders who work within...
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The CSIRO’s likeable chief executive Larry Marshall claims to be his own biggest critic, and says rigorous self-assessment is useful. But just in case he’s not harsh enough, there...
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The Reserve Bank of Australia boss has slammed the rapidly increasing valuations of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies as a “speculative mania,” but has nonetheless confirmed the RBA is...
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Serial entrepreneur turned TV star Mark Bouris said that when the Small Business Digital Taskforce hands its final report to government in February, it will only be the start...
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A new government report has recommended reinstating the games development fund, the third to do so since it was axed in the “horror” 2014 budget. The House of Representatives...
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As this giant of a year draws to a close, we are up to our elbows preparing the second annual InnovationAus.com Summer Reading List, which we’ll publish in our...
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The government failed to pass amendments to the equity crowdfunding regime before the end of the year, meaning private companies won’t be able to access the funding method until...
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Health industry focused early-stage startups have dominated the second cohort of BlueChilli’s female-led SheStart accelerator program. After putting an initial 22 startups through a three-week validation boot camp, eight...
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Two years after Malcolm Turnbull unveiled the much-heralded $1.1 billion innovation statement, advocacy groups and the Opposition are calling on the government to reaffirm its commitment to the startup...
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It is two years and several Industry ministers after the Prime Minister unveiled with great fanfare his signature $1.1 billion National Innovation and Science Agenda, and the government is...