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New Fed Square lobby group

A new community group has launched on the back of the “incredible groundswell” of opposition to the Victorian Government deal to build an Apple store at Federation Square. The...

Coding for kids: South Australia

All public primary school students in South Australia will be taught coding and entrepreneurship as part of a near-$7 million state government election pitch. If re-elected in next month,...

Sydney’s grab for startup talent

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the newly-launched Sydney Startup Hub gives the state a huge competitive advantage over its domestic rivals in attracting startups and stamps the...

ISA 2030 Plan: The way ahead

There is a lot I like about Innovation and Science Australia’s 2030 Strategic Plan. But as always, it’s in the delivery that the real test begins. Now that we...

NBN’s astounding results fail

NBN Co’s half year results released on Monday provide confirmation that the National Broadband Network (NBN) is a train wreck and there is nothing that can be done to...

Telstra Muru-D is now in full flight

Telstra’s startup accelerator Muru-D has welcomed more than 100 startup companies through its program since it started five years ago, and the telco continues to ramp-up its capacity to...

NPP to open new FinTech growth

Disruption is streaming through the arteries of Australia’s financial institutions as they attempt to ward off new payments giants like Apple, adapt to FinTech athleticism and a new open...

Labor targets tech skills gap

The federal opposition has “very deep concerns” over how the government is addressing the skills gap in the Australian tech sector and has the labelled changes to the visa...

State boost for games black hole

South Australia has revealed the details of its $2 million local games development fund as state governments look to step in for the federal government’s reduced support for the...

2030 plan a sad glass-half-full

I’ve often said that Australia’s biggest obstacle to measurable success in the increasingly ruthless 21st century digital era is culture. Specifically, a cultural aversion to big ideas, global ambition...

Kate Carnell on small business

Government’s tendency to think of small business as little big business is just plain wrong, according to Kate Carnell. And when it comes to innovation the problem is particularly...

Report: All green for Open Banking

Treasurer Scott Morrison says the government’s planned ‘open banking’ regulatory regime would give customers greater access and control of their data and would “revolutionise” the financial services sector. People...

Andy Penn on our Asia future

Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has nominated the development of next-generation skills and capabilities as the key ingredient for capitalising on the current wave of disruptive technological change. Speaking...

Tobias Feakin, Cyber Ambassador

It is one year since Australia appointed its first Ambassador for Cyber Affairs, and Dr Tobias Feakin – the former Head of the International Cyber Policy Centre at the...