Tag: Dean McEvoy

Skilled visas still broken: McEvoy

The Turnbull government’s overhaul of the 457 visa system needs some serious tweaks if Australia is going to attract the best and brightest to these shores says a submission from innovation industry groups. Back in April the Turnbull government announced it was ditching the 457 visa system and creating...

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...

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...

Sydney slides on ecosystem ranks

Posted on   |  by James Riley
You wouldn’t want to bet your house on the veracity of global startup ecosystem rankings. But if you take them with a grain of salt, they are a yardstick...

Aus startup exits now 7th globally

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A new report places Australia seventh in the number of tech industry exits in 2016. Exits are a good thing, based on the terminology used in the startup industry....

Summer reading: A lazy book list

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Ho, Ho, Ho, you beautiful people. We are readying the car for an insanely long road-trip through the deserts of the ‘real Australia’ and have been gathering all the...

Shorten trumpets a skills squeeze

Posted on   |  by James Riley
To an industry reliant on cross-border flows of technical skills and creative expertise, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s populist new war on 457 visas should be viewed with concern. Any...

Property a top issue for TechSydney

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It’s hard to know what to make of the latest tech industry lobby group to be set up – Tech Sydney – but the fact that the group will...