Tag: innovation

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...

Australia MIA in global report

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Consultancy group Cap Gemini and research firm Altimeter have produced an excellent report on innovation, and the way in which companies use innovation centres to ensure their R&D remains...

State govts – the innovation engine

Posted on   |  by Paul Cheever
For decades, state governments have sponsored innovation programs to boost startups and innovative growth companies. Programs have ranged from small to large, from information provision to technology vouchers, from...

Inflated job claims don’t help policy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
When you recognise that the only way to really increase the nation’s wealth – as measured by GDP/capita – is by increasing productivity, making the case for innovation is...

Creating better research returns

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Chris Pyne’s higher education research review addresses a familiar problem in Australia that has been looking for a long term solution for decades. That is, the nation produces some...