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AliPay is coming, ready or not

There is a financial technology tsunami headed this way from China and our government, business and regulation leaders need to get ready to adapt. So says Grame Barty an...

Blockchain and food provenance

Mark Toohey’s startup is a joke – literally. Called TBSx3, the startup is developing a blockchain-based system intended to stall counterfeiters. The joke is in the company name, which...

LaunchVic is in a 500 Startups pickle

Of course LaunchVic should pull its $2.5 million funding of 500 Startups’ plan to set up an accelerator in Melbourne. This is a no-brainer. And it’s not because Dave...

myGov gets an ugly report card

The Commonwealth’s myGov platform has been “largely effective,” despite ballooning costs and an inability to bring new government services onto the platform, an audit report has found. The Australian...

Thompson, Reichelt quit DTA

The Digital Transformation Agency has lost another two of its most senior digital executives – two of its most senior women – with the shock resignations of Digital Marketplace...

Skills visa tweaks still need work

The Coalition government has tweaked its skilled visa program in the wake of widespread criticism after a major revamp of the 457 visa program back in April, but the...

Tech culture here is just as bad

A number of prominent women in the Australian tech and startup communities have spoken out about the discrimination, sexism and harassment they regularly encounter in the sector. The tech,...

500 Startups put ‘on notice’ in Vic

The Victorian government has put 500 Startups “on notice’ but stopped short of pulling its funding for the world-renowned accelerator following sexual harassment allegations against its founder Dave McClure....

Corporates: You’re doing it wrong

Australian corporates are “doing innovation all wrong” as the world is “accelerating away,” Startup Catalyst CEO Aaron Birkby says. Mr Birkby has just returned from Startup Catalyst’s two week...

Cyber offense is our best defence?

Hot on the heels of the recent Petya ransomware attack, the Federal government has shifted from being coy about Australia’s offensive cyber capability to publicly directing the Australian Signals...

500 Startups is a shocking model

When 500 Startups founder Dave McClure visited Melbourne last month as a guest of the Victorian government he had already been stood down from the “day-to-day operations” of the...

Martin O’Malley on cities and data

Martin O’Malley is a former Mayor of Baltimore and Governor of the US state of Maryland. He was also a candidate in the 2016 presidential nomination race for the...

Tracking output, not just inputs

It’s possible I’ve guzzled too much kool-aid – or maybe fallen irretrievably into geekdom – but I found the most interesting thing about the NSW Budget last week was the...

FinTech adoption at a tipping point

Australian FinTech companies have reached a collective tipping point and are on the verge of enjoying mainstream adoption, a new report has found. The EY FinTech Adoption Index 2017...