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The negative effect of Govt R&D

Government research and development spending gets trumped by academic R&D when it comes to positive economic spill-over effects on business R&D, a new study has revealed. Academic R&D expenditure...

Complaint file grows at NBN Co

Criticism of NBN Co’s failure to address consumer complaints is steadily increasing. Rather than address the complaints, NBN CEO Bill Morrow and his growing team of media handlers and...

Ex-ASIO chief in Cyber CRC bid

A prospective Co-operative Research Centre devoted to cyber security that boasts a former ASIO head as its chair will re-apply for funding at the end of May, hopeful that...

CSIRO ‘not told’ of drugs project

CSIRO was not consulted about a controversial program to drug test welfare recipients before a Cabinet minister announced that its Data61 analytics unit would be a key player in...

Incubator dollars start to flow

Amid growing concerns at the trickle of money being assigned under the Incubator Support initiative, Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos will today unveil four new incubator projects worth $1.4 million,...

Nobody playing in govt sandbox

Only one startup has utilised ASIC’s regulatory sandbox since it was launched late last year, leading the government to make a series of changes to broaden the scope of...

Blockchain’s new coming of age

In a week when Bitcoin broke through the $US2,000 barrier, news emerged that a pallet of Coonawarra wine had completed its 8,100 kilometer journey to China’s Qingdao with its...

Reform data or banks are doomed

Tyro Payments executive director Jost Stollmann arrived in this country with his family by accident in 2004 and it is our good fortune that he did. Mr Stollmann is a...

CSIRO and the politics of data

You have to wonder how the CSIRO found itself used as an elaborate prop in the delivery of a mean-spirited and pointless political wedge via Treasurer Scott Morrison’s second...

Govt to spend $131m on analytics

The government will invest nearly $131 million to create a cross-portfolio data platform to bring together disparate data in order to analyse the long-term effectiveness of public policy. The...

Tweaks in play on 457s, R&D tax

Government is considering modifications to its new temporary skills visa regime in the wake of significant criticism from the commercial tech and innovation sector, and from the science and...

Aust cyber leaders’ call to action

Urgent action and considerable energy must be directed at building the cyber leadership skills across professions and across the economy if Australia is to fully participate in – and...

Kean spruiks new RegTech plans

RegTech and its best mate FinTech are on the boil in Australia, and NSW wants to maintain the lion’s share of these money-tech businesses, according to the state’s Innovation...

Vic privacy chief slams drug tests

The Victorian Privacy Commissioner has slammed the federal government’s plan to “randomly” drug test new welfare recipients, as the scheme faces a tough path through Parliament. Victorian Commissioner for...