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FinTechs unhappy on crowdfunding

The Australian fintech community is urging the government to reconsider the requirements to be placed on startups that undertake equity crowdfunding or risk no companies taking part. Treasury announced...

Local RegTechs drive new growth

Australia’s RegTech companies need to get their skates on and focus on the issue through a more collaborative lens if they are to avoid being overtaken by international rivals,...

Dr Feakin: Our man in cyber

“That was something a bit different,” Australia Thailand Chamber of Commerce president Brenton Mauriello remarked following a 90-minute breakfast session on cyber security issues on the rooftop of Bangkok’s...

PM plots refresh for cyber strategy

Just 14 months after the launch of the Australian Government’s Cyber Security Strategy, the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has begun a process of refreshing the plan, and has looked...

Are MedTechs the next big thing?

Could MedTech startups be the next big thing on the Australian venture capital landscape? Petra Andrén, CEO of Sydney technology incubator Cicada Innovations thinks so, and her outfit’s Medical...

Ted Pretty’s next big challenge

Covata listed too early, promised too much, delivered too little; but its security focus is still spot on according to CEO Ted Pretty. Ted Pretty has a storied history...

What next for NBN’s Bill Morrow?

Bill Morrow, the 56-year-old Californian silver fox who heads Australia’s endlessly controversial National Broadband Network sounds just a little amazed with himself when he admits that the job –...

Global accelerators waste of money

Spending taxpayer money to attract huge global accelerator programs to Australia does a disservice to Australian startups and delivers few benefits to the local ecosystem, according to Schedugram founder...

Vodafone aims to fix ACCC blunder

Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) is to seek judicial review of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) draft decision to not declare a wholesale domestic mobile roaming service. The...

Targeted grants the Victorian way

LaunchVic chief executive Kate Cornick says the organisation will dish out more targeted funding more regularly as part of a new strategic direction for its $60 million innovation fund....

New direction for LaunchVic fund

The organisation responsible for dishing out Victoria’s $60 million innovation fund will focus on encouraging more migrants and refugees to develop tech companies in its next round of grants....

CSIRO: Robo-debt and drug tests

CSIRO has still not officially agreed to allow its Data61 analytics unit to become involved in the government’s highly contentious welfare drug testing program, a Senate estimates hearing has...

Drone laws may stifle innovation

A senate inquiry into the use of drones in Australia risks stifling local innovation in the sector if it recommends the imposition of heavy-handed regulation, according local drone entrepreneur...

Privacy code just a ‘smokescreen’

The government’s planned privacy code for the public sector is a “smokescreen” to cover its series of failures in the space, and has no hope of preventing similar failures...