Start-up numbers dropped off slightly during the past financial year, according to official statistics, continuing a trend that has seen few…

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 …

The federal government has been forced into a hasty rewrite of its own budget papers after initially stating that it will “phase out” Na…

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 …

The federal government has denied that National ICT Australia, the nation’s flagship IT research and innovation program, is to be killed o…

The government will effectively scrap its Australian Skills Centres of Excellence program before it even launches, while ploughing more cash…

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…

The federal government will extend the funding for its flagship clean tech initiative, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, confounding f…

The government has pledged $12.9 million in new funding to help small businesses take advantage of the National Broadband Network, although …

Treasurer Wayne Swan has delivered a federal budget which has slashed several support programs for start-ups in an attempt to plug Austral…