Tag: StartupAus

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Google hits out at 457 changes

Google has taken aim at the Australian government’s changes to the skilled migration visas, with the tech giant saying it has been forced to change its local recruitment plans....

NISA: What goes next matters

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Two years after Malcolm Turnbull unveiled the much-heralded $1.1 billion innovation statement, advocacy groups and the Opposition are calling on the government to reaffirm its commitment to the startup...

Copyright reforms miss the mark

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Startups and tech companies have been ditched from the government’s reforms to the copyright safe harbour scheme, in a move that advocacy group StartupAus says risks losing promising early-stage...

Shocking lack of angel investor data

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has released the first statistics on the effectiveness of its $100 million angel investor tax incentives scheme introduced nearly 18 months ago. Advocacy group StartupAus has...

At a Crossroads: StartupAus report

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government must step up and implement policies that focus on innovation and startups for the benefit of the country even if the general public isn’t supportive of the...

The Crossroads state of play

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian startup ecosystem has enjoyed rapid growth and development in the last year, but is still “young and relatively immature” on the world stage, according to the StartupAus...

Topaz to lead StartupAus board

Posted on   |  by James Riley
StartupAUS has rejigged its board and raised the number of women on the startup advocacy outfit’s 10 member board from two to four as chair Topaz Conway says women...

Digital builds a new revolution

Posted on   |  by Alex Gruszka
Five years ago, the global Chief Innovation Officer at a multi-billion dollar construction firm was making the case to move away from printing out paperwork to take on-site. It...

ConstructionTech is an Aussie gem

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
ConstructionTech could be the sleeper in the Australian xTech market as a new report finds close to $100 million has been invested in ConstructionTech startups since 2016. While FinTechs,...

Trump effect and Aussie tax cuts

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Government is under pressure to extend existing tax cuts to include all businesses after Donald Trump announced sweeping changes to the US tax system, which included a...