Equity crowdfunding will soon be available to all Australian companies following sustained pressure from the Opposition and startup community. The government revealed the move to extend the funding scheme...
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The last three federal budgets have provided only meagre fare for the Aussie tech and innovation sectors. But tonight will be different. There will be meat on the bones...
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Labor’s Chris Bowen did the tech and innovation industry a huge favour last week by going out so hard against the Turnbull Government’s stop-start policy enthusiasm for the sector....
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The Productivity Commission (PC) has released its report on ‘Data Availability and its Use’. It recommends a new Data Sharing and Release Act, and the creation of the position...
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There was the usual wailing and gnashing of the teeth when the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission surprised the industry last week by deciding it would not force Telstra...
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The NSW government will reach out across the public and private sectors to build a strong cyber regime for the state under the government’s first chief information security officer...
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Australians must get more comfortable sharing cyber-related threat information if the nation is to secure its online assets, and take advantage of the multi-billion dollar global cyber security market,...
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The Victorian budget will provide further funding for local tech companies and improve the talent pipeline in the state, Minister for Innovation Philip Dalidakis said. While lacking many new...
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Universities play a key role in Australia’s innovation ecosystem and in improving its commercialisation efforts, according to Swinburne Innovation Precinct director Professor Sally McArthur. Virtually all Australian universities now...
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Potential changes to the R&D tax incentive would “devastate” the booming biotechnology industry in Australia, a new report has found. The Biotechnology Industry Position Survey 2017 found that the...
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Australia’s cyber security scene is will undergo substantial change over the next year with the introduction of mandatory disclosure of data breaches the major driver. The new legislation was...
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Australia could see the formation of a cyber security alumni network that would bring the country’s best and brightest digital security brains into play to combat a national cyber...
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The Victorian Government’s push to attract large international tech firms to set up shop in Melbourne has received a $90 million boost as part of the state’s 2017-18 budget....
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Cat Matson, one of Australia’s first city-based Chief Digital Officers recently signed up for a second two-year term – but being based in Brisbane she faces a unique challenge....