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Industry seeks a quick response

The pressure is now on the Turnbull government to implement the recommendations included in Innovation and Science Australia’s 2030 strategic plan and to unveil its next wave of innovation...

NISA: What goes next matters

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Two years after Malcolm Turnbull unveiled the much-heralded $1.1 billion innovation statement, advocacy groups and the Opposition are calling on the government to reaffirm its commitment to the startup...

Shocking lack of angel investor data

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has released the first statistics on the effectiveness of its $100 million angel investor tax incentives scheme introduced nearly 18 months ago. Advocacy group StartupAus has...

At a Crossroads: StartupAus report

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government must step up and implement policies that focus on innovation and startups for the benefit of the country even if the general public isn’t supportive of the...

ConstructionTech is an Aussie gem

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
ConstructionTech could be the sleeper in the Australian xTech market as a new report finds close to $100 million has been invested in ConstructionTech startups since 2016. While FinTechs,...

Trump effect and Aussie tax cuts

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Government is under pressure to extend existing tax cuts to include all businesses after Donald Trump announced sweeping changes to the US tax system, which included a...

Safe harbour delay divides sector

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government has deferred deciding on the more controversial elements of copyright reform in favour of more consultation as the tech and startup sectors demand they get on with...

R&D Tax scheme gets a makeover

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government may still be pondering a formal response to the ‘Three F’ review of the R&D Tax Incentive that concluded nearly 18 months ago, but it has...

Skills visa tweaks still need work

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Coalition government has tweaked its skilled visa program in the wake of widespread criticism after a major revamp of the 457 visa program back in April, but the...

Tweaks in play on 457s, R&D tax

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Government is considering modifications to its new temporary skills visa regime in the wake of significant criticism from the commercial tech and innovation sector, and from the science and...