Solar and other forms of renewable energy have been in the news recently. Much of the attention has been on the Government’s equivocation on Australia’s renewable energy target, and...
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Australia’s new Chief Scientist and deputy chair of Innovation and Science Australia Alan Finkel has outlined a compelling case for increasing Government’s direct investment in business R&D as a...
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In the latest Australian Infrastructure Plan it was easy to be distracted by its recommendations on privatising assets, including the NBN. It wasn’t the only reference in the plan....
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There is a real-world aphorism that tells us the three most important contributors to a successful business is location, location and location. It turns out this is equally true...
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ANZ Bank has snared former Google boss Maile Carnegie as group executive of its digital banking group reporting directly to the CEO, Shayne Elliott. The appointment, which came out...
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There’s an increasingly disappointing air of predictability that is settling over Malcolm Turnbull’s National Innovation and Science Agenda. And that, one would have thought, is quite the opposite to...
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Technology One is about to start reinventing itself again, and it hasn’t even concluded the last overhaul. Founder and executive chairman Adrian Di Marco is adamant that companies have to...
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There are pitfalls for startups in the federal government’s R&D offset scheme for applicants who are planning to bootstrap their business from revenue and believe they will get back...
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The creation of a new digital division within the department of Immigration and Border Protection and the appointment of a Chief Digital Officer is the model that other Commonwealth...
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A report on the future of work was released on Friday at a grand affair at the Sydney Opera House. The report looks at the effects of technology on...
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Sir Humphrey Appleby this week smashed a bottle of bubbly over the bow of a new FinTech committee, blessing all who sail in her. At least I assume it...
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Stock markets in Australia and globally have been shaky recently, but companies that floated on the ASX in 2015 have done well. The IPO (Initial Public Offering) scene in...
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Close your eyes and imagine, if you will, that Tony Abbott is still Prime Minister and is busy executing his groundbreaking innovation strategy. Then imagine that he has a...
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The geyser of mainly Chinese money meant to fertilize Australia’s venture capital and startup sectors, and small cap companies, via the government’s recast Significant Investment Visa scheme has largely...