Tag: Malcolm Turnbull

457s: Deep tech’s uncertain times

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Petra Andren is the chief executive of the nation’s oldest and most successful tech incubator, Cicada Innovations at the Australian Technology Park in Sydney. It is home to more...

Visa shock: 457 program scrapped

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has abolished Australia’s 457 visa program in a surprise move that has sent shockwaves through the local tech and startup community. Announced via a Facebook...

R&D tax: Hammer cracks a nut

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The R&D Tax Incentive scheme has become muddled by middlemen and a hardening from the ATO in how claims are viewed could be scaring off the firms most in...

BCA bells the cat on innovation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It’s tax cuts that big business wants, not more rhetoric on innovation, and on Friday the PM delivered – at least for smaller big business. As the Prime Minister...

Jost: Pace of reform is too slow

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
Australia must disrupt its banking regulations or face waking up one day to find a FinTech innovator such as Chinese giant Alibaba becoming the bedrock of our financial system,...

Premier Li: The art of soft power

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
China made a weighty soft power foray into this country with the state visit of Premier Li Keqiang but Australian innovators and entrepreneurs must get off their collective backsides...

At the nexus of tech and media

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
In a rare attack of common sense that rolls back years of cozy jobs-for-the-boys ABC chair appointments, Malcolm Turnbull has continued his series of quiet wins in the battle...

‘Indo-need-ya’ a FinTech frontier

Posted on   |  by Joe McGuire
We wade through the Jakarta traffic among the sour looks and disdain of fellow commuters. Disdain because we have a police escort. Out front, a police motorbike beeps and...

Public sector ICT is raining money

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It’s Christmas come early if you are a technology supplier to the Australian Government, with spending on ICT increasing by 50 per cent to $9 billion in the last...