Tag: Scott Morrison

Morrison rejects rogue NISA audit

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Treasurer Scott Morrison has rejected a damning Australian National Audit Office’s (ANAO) evaluation of the Turnbull Government’s signature National Innovation and Science Agenda, saying there was “plenty of evidence”...

Big changes to crowdfunding laws

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Treasurer Scott Morrison will today unveil a new legislative package that will extend crowdsourced equity funding to private companies, effectively removing what had been the single biggest barrier to...

ScoMo to pry open bank data?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As the Commonwealth Bank money laundering allegations rage and increase the likelihood of a Royal Commission inquiry into banking, there is perhaps an even more profound change in the...

FinTech adoption at a tipping point

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian FinTech companies have reached a collective tipping point and are on the verge of enjoying mainstream adoption, a new report has found. The EY FinTech Adoption Index 2017...

Reform data or banks are doomed

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Tyro Payments executive director Jost Stollmann arrived in this country with his family by accident in 2004 and it is our good fortune that he did. Mr Stollmann is a...

Budget 2017 is steady as she goes

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal budget nights really are an expectations game. No-one ever gets everything that they want, and sometimes we get things that we specifically don’t want. So really the only...

ScoMo gifts bank data to FinTechs

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia is on the verge of a revolution in its financial industry. It will not happen overnight, but all the signs are there. The growth of FinTechs has happened...

Still no response to R&D report

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Federal government has made no changes to the R&D Tax Incentive scheme in the Budget despite widespread unrest with the scheme among startups and a bunch of untouched...

Immigration gets $95m makeover

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s immigration and border protection tech processes will undergo a $95 million digital transformation in an effort to strengthen and speed-up the visa process. Announced in this year’s federal...