SydStart’s first batch of speakers are all men, but organisers promise women are on the way
[1] SydStart, which was acquired by Freelancer last year, has announced its first lineup of speakers, but only one thing has turned out to be common – they are all men. [2] The lineup of speaker...
Legal advice: start-up rolls out LawAdvisor platform
[1] Melbourne start-up LawAdvisor has launched its ‘‘Xero for law’’ platform that will make costly legal advice a thing of the past. [2] The LawAdvisor platform aims to move the legal professi...
Tech-friendly Queensland budget lauded
[1] The Queensland budget has been lauded by start-ups and the Australian Computer Society, which praised the renewed commitment to coding in schools and a new Startup Queensland program. [2] The gove...
iiNet secures Tassie public sector contract
[1] Tasmanian Government has contracted iiNet to deploy Internet access services across the state’s public sector. [2] Under the deal, iiNet will rollout Internet services for all Tasmanian Governme...
Breathe once for asthma diagnosis
[1] A new technology for testing pneumonia and asthma is undergoing testing at Joondalup Hospital in Western Australia, which will enable allows doctors to diagnose the diseases through a cough into a...
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) warns against tax time phishing attacks
[1] ACMA is warning against the ‘financial institutions smart phish’ campaign, which it claims can ‘dynamically adapt its content to request customer credentials for almost every financial insti...
Australia could become a leader in cybersecurity research
[1] According to Alex Zelinsky, Chief Defence Scientist at the Defence Science and Technology, Australia is highly dependent on cyberspace, and therefore, it has been identified as a research priority...
“Our future is being won in places like River City Labs”: PM Tony Abbott
[1] Brisbane’s River City Labs saw Prime Minister Tony Abbott and federal MP Wyatt Roy pay a visit Startup Weekend Brisbane. [2] The event saw 120 budding entrepreneurs come together and formulate i...