Oliver Milman
Start-up numbers continue post-GFC slide
Start-up numbers dropped off slightly during the past financial year, according to official statistics, continuing a trend that has seen few…
THE NEWS WRAP: Coalition set for Senate election win
The Coalition is on course to take control of the Senate in the September 14 election, according to a new analysis. Labor is due to lose …
Budget re-write: Govt amends papers over NICTA ‘phasing out’
The federal government has been forced into a hasty rewrite of its own budget papers after initially stating that it will “phase out” Na…
Federal budget 2013: The start-up winners and losers
In a budget where there was very little to excite businesses of any size, let alone start-ups, it’s hard to see how any entrepreneur will …
Government denies NICTA is facing the axe
The federal government has denied that National ICT Australia, the nation’s flagship IT research and innovation program, is to be killed o…
Federal budget 2013: Skills centres get the chop but rural start-ups to get apprentices boost
The government will effectively scrap its Australian Skills Centres of Excellence program before it even launches, while ploughing more cash…
Federal budget 2013: Start-ups hit by business naming fee hike
Start-ups are to be hit by an increase in the cost of registering a business name, with the corporate regulator hiking fees to $32 for one y…
Federal budget 2013: Renewable energy agency spared funding axe
The federal government will extend the funding for its flagship clean tech initiative, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, confounding f…
Federal budget 2013: Tech hub NICTA scrapped as new cash flows to NBN projects
The government has pledged $12.9 million in new funding to help small businesses take advantage of the National Broadband Network, although …
Federal budget 2013: A round-up of the key measures in the 2013 budget
Treasurer Wayne Swan has delivered a federal budget which has slashed several support programs for start-ups in an attempt to plug Austral…
