Australia is about to sign up to a massive new trade deal that virtually nobody knows anything about. It is called the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), and...
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Steve Vamos, the former Microsoft Australia managing director and current Telstra board member, tells a story about Bill Gates’ ability to see things that many of us can’t. Many...
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The issue of “digital inclusion” is usually considered to be a matter of social policy. Events at this year’s ACCAN conference Dollars and Bytes – Communications affordability now and...
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Less than a year after entering the Victorian Parliament as a newbie MP, Philip Dalidakis finds himself with a seat in cabinet as the State’s freshly-minted Small Business and...
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Australian wealth accounting platform innovator, Class Software, was pretty blessed when it was in startup mode. It had access to a client base of high net worth individuals who...
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Shut your eyes very hard and imagine, if you can, Tony Abbott saying these words: “One important advantage which we have which we must take full advantage of is to...
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Australian innovation is alive and well, if this year’s iAwards are any pointer. The awards, held in Melbourne last week, have a number of categories including three ‘Young Innovator...
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Australia’s shiny new Digital Transformation Office is getting down and dirty in the hipster heartland. The nation’s newest agency is to set up shop inside a bunker-style co-location workspace...
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For all the worthiness of the discussion related to the tech sector and entrepreneurialism at the National Reform Summit, it is difficult to see how the motherhood statements will...
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Once upon a time, in the heady days of 1987 when The Bangles, Whitney Houston and Crowded House ruled the pop charts, South Australia was preparing to create a...
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It is fitting that the first High-Growth Focus interview, a feature that will appear every Wednesday in InnovationAus.com, is with a FinTech company that offers small business loans online. Prospa...
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I like Chris Richardson; I used to work with him at Access Economics so I have known him and followed his views for some 15 years. He is a...
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A Western Australian security firm took the top honours at the prestigious Telstra Business Awards in Sydney last night, at an event crowded with tech innovation and entrepreneurial smarts....
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The Commonwealth’s Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) scheme is set for a significant funding boost over the next three years, with the tabling of an independent report in Parliament...