Leon covers enterprise technology and start-ups from ZDNet's Sydney newsroom.
Victoria's state Budget for 2015-16 has confirmed the new Labor government's move to pump AU$60 million into establishing a startup initiative, as it moves to prepare the state's workforce for an increasingly knowledge-based economy.
ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has revealed that the regulator is planning to launch an innovation hub in the upcoming financial year to help startups navigate Australia's regulatory landscape.
Freelancer.com has acquired the assets of online job marketplace Donanza, which closed down its services in July last year, three years after receiving $1 million backing from Google chairman Eric Schmidt's VC fund and other investors.
A new technology startup accelerator program launched in Perth by Australian telecommunications company Amcom is offering up to eight startups AU$40,000 in seed capital, along with three months of professional mentoring.