Tag: Election 2016

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Precinct beauty is a relative thing

When it comes to innovation friendly business precincts both major parties agree we don’t have enough, but they diverge in the how and where of setting up smart real...

Election 2016: Meet the candidates

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There are no two better qualified candidates to debate issues of digital transformation and innovation than the Liberal member for Hume Angus Taylor and Labor’s member for Chifley Ed...

The NBN’s politics of good timing

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Three weeks before the election, Labor has unveiled its plan to give Australia a better National Broadband Network. Its timing is good, and its plans are superior to the...

The Great Debate: Taylor vs Husic

Posted on   |  by James Riley
InnovationAus.com will host Election 2016’s first ministerial debate on innovation and digital transformation in collaboration with the sector’s most important industry groups next Thursday at the University of Technology, Sydney in...

Election incubates more weirdness

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Regardless of what you think about the government dropping a further $15 million into incubator support a week ago, it seems a strange way to announce policy. This is...

Can the FinTech bubble save us all?

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
It is a question that is doing the rounds. “Are we in a fin-tech bubble, I think we are.” At least that was the message from among a phalanx of...

Innovation policy missing in action

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
We know Malcolm Turnbull’s Coalition has a clue about nurturing the innovation sector, but so far in this election Labor seems oblivious to the nation building potential of startups...

An expert guide to campaign-speak

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
On Friday at a campaign event in Tasmania the Prime Minister, eventually, got around to talking about the AFP action over the leaks from NBN Co. InnovationAus.com isn’t primarily...

Epic overreach: NBN police raids

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
The police raids on the office and homes of a Labor parliamentarian and staffer last night are unprecedented and outrageous. This is not how we do business in Australia....

Labor’s fight to highlight tech plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The war over who has the best policies to support innovation has yet to be fought tooth and claw by either side in this marathon election campaign, although Labor...