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FinTech: finding wood in the forest

The rapidly growing forest of FinTechs has meant it is now getting much harder to spot the wood for the trees. FinTech Australia this week launched its 2016 census...

IP strategies for success in China

For every success story of an Australian company that has built an export success story on China, there are many others that have struggled. One key to building a...

Hunt to unveil new mid-tier fund

Industry Minister Greg Hunt will today unveil a new capital funding scheme for local mid-sized companies and scale-up enterprises as part of a recalibration of the National Innovation and...

Census the canary in the coalmine

The 2016 Census and its steaming #CensusFail epitaph may yet prove useful to government. This shocking failure of public administration is the canary in the coal mine, the emergency...

Telstra switches to new spin cycle

Ever since David Thodey stepped down from the top job at Telstra, there’s been a growing and nagging sense that things are not quite as fabulous as they were....

New SME tools from IP Australia

Intellectual Property (IP) is one of the key battlegrounds of the information age. IP issues are important as never before as business processes evolve. The key differentiator between many...

SMEs stung by inefficient banks

Inefficient banking processes are ‘robbing’ small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) of four weeks’ productive work time a year, says a new report from financial services company Tyro Payments....

UK’s new tech security concerns

China has moved into the spotlight in Australia as a security threat to national networks and technology infrastructure, casting further doubts about any significant benefits that might flow from...

Gov’t tech creds are now in tatters

There must, surely, never have been such an exciting time to be Malcolm Turnbull. The Prime Minister has been desperately keen to focus the attention of the nation squarely...

Smart IP the key to market success

Whether your company is building a business in the domestic Australian market or preparing to sell products and services offshore, getting the intellectual property framework in place from the...

#CensusFail a shocking balls-up

The fallout from the census debacle would be amusing to watch if it was not so serious. We have politicians making fools of themselves, bureaucrats with substantial amounts of...

DTO eyes biometric identity system

When the Digital Transformation Office takes the wraps off its identity framework at the end of the month it will feature a previously unannounced biometric component. At an Identity...

Under the pump: Innovation policy

Having thrown his entire ‘innovation ministry’ out with former Assistant Innovation Minister Wyatt Roy, there’s certainly a sense that the Prime Minister is recasting his National Innovation and Science...

The ACCC, Comms and Innovation

In announcing that the ACCC’s next market study will focus on the Australian communications sector, the Chair, Rod Sims, invoked “innovation.” He noted, “The study will examine the changing...