The government’s plan to give the research and development tax incentive a $2.4 billion haircut has hit a roadblock, with its own senate committee calling on the legislation to...
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The final report from the Royal Commission into Australia’s banking sector presents “many opportunities” for the local fintech sector, but has put companies “on notice” to not repeat the...
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Senate committee’s recommendations for increasing the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia were “shallow and weak”, according to one of the independent senators involved in writing its report. The...
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The government is mulling whether a new regulatory framework is needed to crack down on initial coin offerings in Australia. Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are a “wild west” form...
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The CFO of billion-dollar Australian firm Cochlear has urged the federal government to stop “tinkering” with the research and development tax incentive. A public hearing for the senate inquiry...
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As if anyone needed reminding that a federal election looms, a war of words has broken out between the offices of Industry Minister Karen Andrews and shadow human services...
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The federal government is looking to crack down on workers in the gig economy, with plans to force big tech companies to hand over worker data to ensure they...
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The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) will be forced to move out of its current tenancy at 241 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills when its contract lease agreement ends in April....
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An innovation centre that has been operating for more than 25 years has shut its doors for good as things get tough for small consultancies operating in the tech...
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The Opposition’s new “local projects, local jobs” procurement policy would help small Australian tech companies secure government contracts, shadow industry minister Kim Carr said. A slew of Labor shadow...
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The Australian game development sector hopes to drive part of the national debate in the lead up to this year’s federal election, seeking a new level of political support...
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The federal government’s Australian Cyber Security Centre has quietly shuttered the 2019 iteration of its annual conference leaving the security sector scrambling. The ACSC conference held annually in March/April...
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More than $40 million worth of grants were delivered to 19 projects as part of the sixth round of the federal government’s Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) grants program....
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The recently-passed encryption bill had the potential to “harm the economic viability and growth of Australia’s cybersecurity sector” if a series of serious concerns were not addressed, a report...