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How the R&D Tax Credit can help build Australia’s ‘Silicon Harbour’ & Startup Community

October 23rd, 2015

Soon to be nestled on the foreshore of the Sydney Harbour is a technology marketplace that rivals the likes of Silicon Valley. That is at least the NSW government’s anticipation for Australia’s first digital district, ‘Silicon Harbour’ – a purpose built hub to unite the global giants of tech world with start-up entrepreneurs, business incubators and accelerators. Indeed, the government’s support of an innovation agenda and local start-up network is showing no signs of decelerating. However, since the technology sector is […]

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ATO Issues Warning on R&D Claims for Farming Activities

October 22nd, 2015

The Australian Tax Office and AusIndustry have issued guidance to alert companies against claiming the R&D tax incentive for business-as-usual farming activities. Expanding on this, ATO Deputy Commissioner Tim Dyce said that usual business expenditure is normally not eligible under the incentive and the law contains a number of requirements which must be satisfied in order for activities to be accepted. He further explains, “we’re seeing farmers applying soil treatments across their property, in some case thousands of hectares, which […]

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Should Australia Focus on Businesses to Drive Innovation?

October 21st, 2015

The Turnbull government have voiced their opinion on changing Australia to be more innovative, namely by endorsing start-ups. Early this month, Wyatt Roy, the Assistant Minister for Innovation, cited about how Israel transformed itself into a modern economy with more start-ups per capita than any other country, and how Australia could do the same to position ourselves as a world leader.  The Turnbull government has already revealed that they are working on a major innovation agenda with crowdfunding for start-ups […]

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Shifting the Culture in Australia by Leveraging Creativity, Innovation & Failure

October 20th, 2015

Is interactive whisky the way of the future? Although pixelated alcohol hasn’t been invented yet (unfortunately), the bottle has had a digital makeover. Johnnie Walker has created a bottle which sends personalised communications to the user if they wave a smartphone in front of it, for example a promotional offer or a cocktail recipe. The bottle can be tracked down the supply chain, from the manufacture to end product user, allowing for detailed customer insights. Hence, transforming the humble Mad Men […]

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