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USO hurdles yet to be overcome

The Productivity Commission has released its draft report on the Universal Service Obligation (USO) and it has recommended sweeping changes. However, there appears little opportunity for government to make...

Building digital age credentials

Credentialing in problem-solving, communication, emotional judgement and innovation is being touted as a way to smash Australia’s glass and bamboo ceilings, which can hold women and non-Caucasian talent back...

The Mal and Marty tech show

It is one year since the launch of Malcolm Turnbull’s signature policy, the National Science and Innovation Agenda, a policy area that continues to kick goals. But the unfortunate...

Tech fails gender equality test

Just two Australian tech companies have secured a Government gong for their workplace gender equality initiatives. The Employer of Choice for Gender Equality list names 106 organisations which have...

Muru-D Mick on the ecosystem

Mick Liubinskas is known to many in the industry for his energy and drive, and his focused ideals about what the local entrepreneur ecosystem should look like. He has...

Big data awards’ beautiful numbers

A new set of prizes have joined the crowded awards scene, celebrating the innovative use of big data and the Internet of Things (IoT) in Australia. The BigInsights Data...

Crown’s China cautionary tale

For the past 18 months, the federal government has inundated Australian businesses with the apparent benefits of the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement, such has been the laser-like focus on...

Telstra separation is the UK lesson

The communications regulator in the UK, Ofcom, has notified BT that it is to legally separate from OpenReach after BT failed to offer voluntary proposals that address Ofcom’s competition...

Grim reality of Aussie innovation

The latest report card on Australia’s business smarts describes a country that is good at employing innovative techniques but poor at producing the big value breakthroughs. The 2016 Australian...

NSW opens doors to tech SMEs

The NSW Government has launched a raft of new engagement plans and procurement models as the central components of its just-released NSW Innovation Strategy. The new initiative includes the...

UniSA’s youthful boast for business

You are never too young to know what you want to be in life. Take a cue from University of South Australia (UniSA). As one of Australian’s youngest universities,...

Conroy on silo busting in govt

Public sector bureaucrats are stymieing innovation efforts at both federal and state government levels with “gatekeepers from hell” impeding the progress of local startups. According to Stephen Conroy, former...

Francis Gurry on IP wealth creation

The ‘innovation literacy’ of Australia’s political and business leadership might have improved significantly in the past two years, it is still well short of the countries that lead the...

Glass half full: Crossroads report

The much-anticipated Crossroads report from advocacy group StartupAus has lobbed onto the internet, painting a glass-half-full picture of Australia’s entrepreneur scene while at the same time warning that the...