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US trip on back burner for new PM

In what we now know were the dying days of the Abbott government, the former Prime Minister’s all powerful chief of staff Peta Credlin, was laying plans to try...

What next for tech, Malcolm?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Malcolm Turnbull is offering Australia a different style of leadership. He has promised to be more consultative, more collegiate. Tony Abbott offered the same, but didn’t deliver. And Malcolm...

Innovation lessons from Mike Baird

Posted on   |  by Paul Cheever
I started this week to write a note about conducting corporate innovation programs when I was once again distracted by Mike Baird, in this case, announcing his revised “Premier’s...

Regulation opportunity for PM

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Forbes magazine titled a 2013 article Lessons From Uber: Why Innovation And Regulation Don’t Mix. It’s a common enough view in innovation circles. Research by the Manchester Business School...

Steve Vamos on cultural change

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Steve Vamos, the former Microsoft Australia managing director and current Telstra board member, tells a story about Bill Gates’ ability to see things that many of us can’t. Many...

Prospa’s payroll tax challenge

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is fitting that the first High-Growth Focus interview, a feature that will appear every Wednesday in InnovationAus.com, is with a FinTech company that offers small business loans online. Prospa...

Clover Moore’s startup action plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A day after our Federal politicians disputed about whether science policy is only about innovation or includes wider goals, the City of Sydney has taken the discussion of support...

Fears have no place in tech dialogue

Posted on   |  by Paul Cheever
“Like it or not, innovation is as much about a social and even political event as it is a technology evolution.” This was the closing to last week’s column...

Infrastructure’s innovation boom?

Posted on   |  by Paul Cheever
The Prime Minister has signalled that he wants Australia to be an infrastructure leader. The Governor of the Reserve Bank has stated we need more infrastructure investment. And every...

NAB’s new $50m innovation fund

Posted on   |  by James Riley
National Australia Bank has announced a $50 million investment fund called NAB Ventures to design and build new banking systems. “The fund will enable us to access leading ideas...