Tag: Arthur Sinodinos

New skills visas’ a tech problem

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has waved a wand and made politically troublesome 457 visas go away with a clever rebranding exercise, but IT employee advocacy groups say the new...

Sinodinos to open Cyber Leaders

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos will deliver the opening keynote at InnovationAus.com’s Cyber Security – The Leadership Imperative 2017 forum in Sydney on May 3. The Cyber Leaders forum looks...

Huge new boost for cyber sector

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
The Turnbull government’s $230 million Cyber Security Strategy turns one this week and the industry scores a boost from a new Cyber Security Sector Competitiveness Plan launched today. The...

R&D tax is an uncertain mess

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A weird silence has descended on discussions about the future of the R&D Tax Incentive. Uncertainty about how the scheme will be applied to software is already having an...

Collaboration is key: Sinodinos

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Arthur Sinodinos intends making ‘collaboration’ the hallmark of his tenure in the Industry portfolio, and has recommitted the Turnbull Government to putting science and innovation at the centre of...

R&D: Keep calm, carry on claiming

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The industry department has been scrambling to produce new eligibility case studies to address the fear and loathing among tech-enabled startups over a perceived tightening of the R&D Tax...

Our tech treaty with the Kiwis

Posted on   |  by James Riley
More than two weeks after the Australian and New Zealand governments unveiled a bilateral Science, Research and Innovation Cooperation Agreement, details of initiatives under the treaty have now emerged....

Good news and bad for R&D tax

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If you are a company that has claimed taxpayer support for software development via the R&D Tax Incentive in the past several years, there is both good news and...

Sinodinos unveils womens agenda

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos will establish a women’s advisory roundtable to guide the Commonwealth policy related to gender diversity and equality issues in the science and innovation sectors. Speaking...