MNF Group chief executive Rene Sugo wants the federal government to change the rules around virtual mobile phone numbers, and says the resistance by at least one large telco...
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Control is back in the hands of Australian entrepreneurs and investors as the local venture capital market continues its resurgence, Square Peg Capital co-founder Tony Holt said. The renowned...
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Expect much moaning and whinging from Federal Labor over the Coalition’s innovation efforts, but little in the way of actual policy until after the Opposition has a big, long...
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With the world’s fourth largest accumulation of superannuation savings and a stock market dominated by the financial services sector in the shape of banks, investment funds and insurers, it’s...
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Innovation policy at all levels of government has to demonstrate benefit for everyday Australians clearly in order to have a chance of being effective, Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale said....
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Smart cities initiatives in Melbourne mark a shift from top-down governance to citizen-centric policy-making, according to Liberal Senator for Victoria Jane Hume. Speaking at InnovationAus.com’s Intelligent Communities event in...
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The technologies used to improve city services will require standards-based interoperability and security protocols to take advantage of truly smart cities potential, Giant Ideas director Catherine Caruana-McManus said. Speaking...
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Two local tech companies have been certified to store classified government data on their services as the federal government continues its move to cloud storage. Canberra-based companies Vault Systems...
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The Victorian government has spent more than $2.5 million to bring one of the largest startup accelerators in the world to Australian shores. The investment in Silicon Valley-based accelerator...
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Smaller cities like Bendigo present a huge opportunity to act as large-scale proof of concept projects for smart cities strategic policy planning, experts say. Victoria’s Minister for Public Transport...
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The Snowy Hydro expansion is an example of how good cities policies aren’t properly realised until decades in the future, Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation Angus Taylor...
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You wouldn’t want to bet your house on the veracity of global startup ecosystem rankings. But if you take them with a grain of salt, they are a yardstick...
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The three levels of government in Australia will need to work in tight cooperation on cities policy and investment if the nation is to extract the maximum benefit from...
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The fifth and final of Australia’s much-ballyhooed international ‘Landing Pads’ is now operational in Singapore. It joins those in San Francisco, Berlin, Shanghai and Tel Aviv. The Landing Pads are...