Category: InnovationAus

LaunchVic will take a more active role in the delivery of services and focus on growing the Victorian angel investing sector as part of a new one-year strategy. This year’s Victorian state budget allocated $10 million for LaunchVic to “continue its work supporting local startups and to attract world-class innovation

The federal government has finally got the big banks to chip into its business growth fund, which is set to launch next year with more than $500 million in its coffers. But the SME-focused fund has been labelled “startup policy by stealth”, with questions raised over the amount of equity

Some of Australia’s largest institutions have called on the federal government to improve threat intelligence data-sharing to combat nation-state cyber attacks. Multiple submissions from big four banks and Australia’s large universities to the government on its 2020 Cyber Security Strategy discussion paper raised concerns with long delays in information sharing

Malaysia’s ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition is in turmoil. Malaysia’s fractious political scene is not about to quieten down any time soon. Australian companies that do business in Malaysia, and those that intend to do so, would do well to keep an eye on the politics of the country. Political

The federal government has admitted defeat in a major legal challenge against robo-debt, conceding that a debt raised through the highly controversial program was unlawful. Victorian Legal Aid brought the case to the Federal Court on behalf of Deanna Amato, who had a $2,754 robo-debt raised against her after the

National and state privacy bodies have called for stronger laws and better funding to address the “dramatically evolving” cyber threat landscape. In submissions to government on the 2020 Cyber Security Strategy update, the privacy and information commissioners urged government to introduce legislative accountability for cybersecurity, enforceable codes, and better data

The Australian economy is at a “pivotal fork in the road” and the next three to five years will decide whether the nation is able to extract its share of the value from the tech-driven global restructure that is underway whether we’re ready or not. The confluence of hyperscale compute

Federal Labor has called on the government to fix its highly controversial encryption legislation now instead of waiting for two inquiries to report back in a year. The Assistance and Access Act was passed during a farcical last sitting day of 2018 with support from Labor. The legislation gave government

The federal government’s panel of experts appointed to guide the development of the 2020 Cyber Security Strategy met for the first time in Canberra on Monday morning. The advisory group will work with the ministers and public servants to oversee the development and implementation of the new strategy. The group

The agency overseeing My Health Record paid $3.6 million for a series of privacy assessments that were never completed, and failed to appropriately managed shared cybersecurity risks of the controversial system, an audit has found. The Australian National Audit Office tabled its report on the implementation of My Health Record