Category: InnovationAus

5G technology will offer a game changing and sometimes lifesaving boost to everything from healthcare to the fashion industry. In the episode of the Verizon Age of Trust podcast series titled ‘The 5G Boost’ InnovationAus publisher Corrie McLeod talks to Rob Le Busque, Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific at

Competition tsar Rod Sims has pushed for further regulation of Big Tech, including strengthened merger rules and unfair practices prohibitions. Mr Sims, the chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), addressed the National Press Club on Wednesday outlining the increased importance of tackling market power in the

The federal government’s digital economy push is about tech adoption not tech creation, according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison. During an address to the Australian e-Commerce Virtual Summit, Mr Morrison urged businesses to “keep the foot on the digital accelerator” as he summarised the government’s recent policies around digital

The $540 million Australian Business Growth Fund has been officially launched, despite legislation unlocking $100 million in Commonwealth funding still languishing in Parliament. The seven shareholders have all signed the Shareholders Agreement, bringing to life the Business Growth Fund (BGF), which will invest “patient capital” into established and profitable

The government needs to fast-track significant privacy reforms, put a cap on contracts handed to tech giants and invest in the startup sector in order to address an over-reliance on the likes of Facebook and Google, according to a new Australia Institute report. The federal government has been at

A permanent 10-person advisory committee, helmed by Telstra boss Andy Penn, has been established to guide the implementation of the federal government’s $1.7 billion cybersecurity strategy. The 2020 Cyber Security Strategy was unveiled by the government in August, with the bulk of funding going towards the Australian Signals Directorate

Innovation and Science Australia has been “refocused and refreshed”, with a new name, several new members and a focus on overseeing the federal government’s $1.5 billion manufacturing strategy. The rebranded Industry Innovation and Science Australia (IISA) has also been significantly expanded with five new members, each with an expertise

The Victorian government has railed against the federal government’s proposed reforms to foreign investment rules, saying they would damage the country’s ability to attract innovation, research and development, and investment. The federal government unveiled draft legislation earlier this year making a series of significant reforms to Australia’s foreign investment

The federal government is getting ready to have another go at building a digital platform to handle visa processing, after its last a failed attempt to outsource these functions cost nearly $90 million. The government has outlined new plans for a reusable permissions capability platform, which will first handle

Australia has an opportunity to be an exporter of electric vehicle technology and drive its modern manufacturing industry, according to ACE-Electric Vehicle Group managing director Greg McGarvie. This month’s federal budget provided a $5 million grant to ACE-EV for the company to assemble up to 40 of its composite-chassis

The government’s efforts to strong-arm the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to adopt a favourable position on NBN Co’s wholesale prices, business market competition and spectrum allocation have been unsuccessful, which has led government to escalate the pressure by issuing a Statement of Expectations (SoE) to the ACCC.

Financial communications surveillance and a bank-linked ethical spending app were among the FinTech pitches from around the world at the recent Newfound Market Mission to Australia event. The inaugural Newfound Market Mission to Australia for FinTechs concluded with a pitchfest from 18 rising FinTechs from UK, NZ, Sweden and