Tag: Scott Morrison

Labor on tech policy and fairness

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor’s Chris Bowen did the tech and innovation industry a huge favour last week by going out so hard against the Turnbull Government’s stop-start policy enthusiasm for the sector....

Currency: Digital tax laws stalled

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government is still to formally legislate to stop the double taxation of digital currencies in Australia, despite promising to do so more than a year ago. The delays...

Crowdfunding bill under threat

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
After a tumultuous and ‘exhausting’ four-year journey, the government’s equity crowdfunding bill is set to safely pass through the Senate next month, despite being dubbed a “dodo” and “self-defeating”...

Morrison pushes hard on fintech

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The rise of fintechs and the digitisation of the finance sector has signalled a “paradigm shift” for both business and government, presenting both with opportunities and challenges Federal Treasurer...

Peter Harris on the data economy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Productivity Commission has come up with a good balance in its draft proposals of how to approach the massive data flows of the twenty-first century. In its draft...

Morrison wants to let the data flow

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Treasurer Scott Morrison has thrown the substantial weight of his office behind draft Productivity Commission recommendations that would give consumers more control over data held by banks and...

SMEs stung by inefficient banks

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Inefficient banking processes are ‘robbing’ small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) of four weeks’ productive work time a year, says a new report from financial services company Tyro Payments....

Tyro’s Stollmann on sandbox rules

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It’s not every day that a startup leader in the finance industry argues for a better-resourced regulator to play a bigger role in the sector. On at least two...

Election enters its final, brutal stage

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is a campaign that started with air swings and false indignations at every turn. But as we enter this final and ultimately brutal stage of Election 2016, the...