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The evolution of our online identity

There is a school of thought that says – in relation to cyber security – that identity is the new perimeter. And certainly identity has become a central pillar...

Dominello backs national ID plan

New South Wales Finance Minister Victor Dominello has thrown his weight behind the Federal government’s looming digital identity plans, including the use of state driver’s licence photos to verify...

More cash for local incubators

Blue Chilli, Flinders University, Collective Campus and FD Global Connections may be the latest recipients of grants under the federal government’s $23 million Incubator Support program, but only one...

Our massive cyber task ahead

The launch of the National Cyber Security Strategy in 2016 was a positive step toward securing Australia, but there is still more do be done, according to Jeremy Hulse,...

Do we need a digital AU dollar?

A number of local FinTech startups have lobbied the Reserve Bank of Australia to create a cryptocurrency version of the Australian dollar. Three use cases from Australian FinTechs were...

Joe inks new NASA space treaty

The federal government has reaffirmed a bilateral space agreement with NASA just weeks after it announced it would be creating a national space agency. The Space Tracking Treaty was...

NSW govt sets up $150m fund

The NSW Government is getting into the venture capital business, announcing it is setting up a $150 million equity fund in partnership with First State Super and investment management...

Everyone now hates their telco

Complaints about internet services skyrocketed in the past year, with anger at the National Broadband Network climbing by more than 150 per cent, a Telecommunication Industry Ombudsman report has...

Medcraft warns on cyber black swan

Cyber security will likely trigger corporate Australia’s next big black swan event according to outgoing ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft. It’s a key risk that the Australian Securities and Investment...

Xi tightens grip in China tech

The quinquennial Chinese Communist Party Congress, its 19th since winning the country’s civil war in 1949 begins this Wednesday. It will be the coronation of its leader for the...

Welcome to The Establishment

When we think about innovation there is a temptation to focus on the bright, the shiny, and the new. Startups fascinate us because they go boldly where no-one has...

Skills policy is a top constraint

When the ASX-listed accounting giant MYOB set out its formal business plan for 2017, chief executive Tim Reed says the company identified access to skills as the single biggest...

BCA ramps tax change effort

The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has wasted no time putting corporate tax cuts back on the minds of politicians as they return to parliament this week, claiming that...

Labor: $1b fund for manufacturers

Labor will create a $1 billion fund to help innovative manufacturing firms transition into high value production and “build for the future” if it wins the next federal election....