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SF is the world’s softest landing pad

The Turnbull Government’s grandly named $11 million offshore initiative for Australian startups – the Global Innovation Program – will be firing on all five cylinders by October as the...

Marketplace is a first step reform

The Australian Government has taken a major step forward on its road to reforming procurement practices with the launch this week of a new Digital Marketplace for buyers and...

Mark Gregory joins InnovationAus

Melbourne academic and telecommunications specialist Mark Gregory has joined InnovationAus.com as a columnist. His views will appear regularly. Dr Gregory is well known in the industry for his passion...

Telstrafication of the NBN grows

Malcolm Turnbull and Ziggy Switkowski’s ever-moving, ever-changing NBN Co has released its 2017 Corporate Plan. Once again, the company has bombarded readers with so many numbers that it’s hard...

Will Parliament act on NBN folly?

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigation into documents leaked from NBN Co could galvanise politicians from both sides of Parliament to put a stop to this dangerous effort to...

New process to ignite stalled OGP

It is fair to say that the Australian Government’s road to joining the multilateral Open Government Partnership has been long and somewhat tortured. But with the October 31 deadline...

Unearthing public sector research

Australia’s 40 universities are hotbeds of innovation. They are constantly generating good ideas, based on new research activity across a broad range of disciplines. Government research agencies also generate...

Cybersecurity is key to IP strategy

Cybersecurity is big business and an increasingly important business issue and these days is central to any discussion about protecting intellectual property. Certainly this was the case with the...

SMEs the engine room for growth

Small businesses and startups need to lift their awareness of intellectual property issues and lock down IP early to protect their grey matter assets, according to the IP Australia....

Asia drives new innovation plans

The technology race across the region continues to accelerate, even as the Turnbull Government’s wheels turn far more slowly to a re-positioning of its own innovation policy under Greg...

New focus for Beijing embassy

IP Australia will lodge its first permanent offshore representative in Beijing as Australia’s innovation economy engages more closely with China as Chinese enforcement of intellectual property rights matures. IP...

Thodey: Optimistic but realistic

Adding one million new jobs to the NSW economy in the next 20 years is a daunting but achievable challenge, despite the growing intensity of creative disruption sweeping across...

Regulation is not such a dirty word

Is Australia’s fintech startup community too regulated? Or is regulation a good thing? It depends on who you listen to. Jack Zhang, CEO of Melbourne fintech startup Airwallex, has...

Greg Hunt rings in policy changes

Greg Hunt has revealed much in the past week about how he intends to run the industry portfolio, opting to taking on more direct charge of the breadth of...