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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...