The Australian Taxation Office’s just-published alert aimed at companies seeking R&D tax benefits for software development activity has landed among high-growth startups like a bombshell. The advice is confusing...
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The Victorian Government is on the hunt for a new LaunchVic chairman following outgoing Australia Post boss Ahmed Fahour’s resignation from the state’s $60 million innovation fund. Mr Fahour...
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If work isn’t the cornerstone of our society, then why so much focus on the jobs of the future and the impact of the digital economy? Labour mobility is...
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Blackbird Ventures, one of Australia’s most esteemed venture capital firms investing in early stage tech companies, has begun making deliberate efforts to improve the gender diversity of its portfolio...
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Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos will establish a women’s advisory roundtable to guide the Commonwealth policy related to gender diversity and equality issues in the science and innovation sectors. Speaking...
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The Jobs for NSW proposal to lease up to 15,000 square metres of CBD office space to create a Sydney Startup Hub is the most interesting thing to happen...
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Cities are centres of population, commerce, and culture while communities are groups of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. Think city and...
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A big Australian cyber security mission stormed the beaches of San Francisco last week seeking intel on how to exploit the giant US market and lure American cyber players...
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After a tumultuous and ‘exhausting’ four-year journey, the government’s equity crowdfunding bill is set to safely pass through the Senate next month, despite being dubbed a “dodo” and “self-defeating”...
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If you’re a female entrepreneur right now in Australia, there are plenty of reasons optimistic about the future, according to Blue Sky Alternate Investments’ VC chief Elaine Stead. That’s...
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For the hard-working staff at NBN Co, the nonsense being spruiked by CEO Bill Morrow must be hard to swallow. For the rest of Australia, Mr Morrow’s comments are...
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The Performance Review of the Australian Innovation, Science and Research System 2016 is, like its name, a very lengthy document. It seeks to provide a comprehensive profile of the...
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Four months after plans were unveiled for a powerful new program management office within the Digital Transformation Agency to oversee the Commonwealth’s $6 billion-plus annual technology spend, the unit...
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The already hot market for cybersecurity skills is likely to get super-heated in coming months – especially for board-level executives with tech and change management expertise – as a...