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Israel to issue startup visas

As if anyone needed reminding that we are in a global competition to attract the best and brightest to work in Australia, the world’s most successful startup ecosystem outside...

Peace breaks out on digital policy?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If Bill Shorten didn’t already know what it feels like to get gazumped, he certainly does now. The Federal Government has moved in the past two weeks from having no...

Science Week flags policy challenge

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In recognition of National Science Week, Industry and Science Minister Ian MacFarlane made a Ministerial Statement ‘Science and Innovation: Building Australia’s Industries of the Future’ in parliament on Monday....

Global policy advice on startups

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The need to increase productivity and hence to foster innovation isn’t restricted to Australia. It is a phenomenon common across all economies. A hurdle for small innovative firms –...

Super dreams – where’s the money?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is surely a policy failure that Australia is home to one of the world’s largest superannuation pools and yet struggles to fund its own home-grown innovators. This failure...