This week the agile one, the innovator, the clean energy champion we believed was Malcolm Turnbull delivered his first budget via Treasurer Scott Morrison. We didn't have to dig to find no evidence of these traits. No wonder the word disappointment is now the one most associated with the PM.   Read more

Two years ago, we spent a fortune re-designing our website. It was gorgeous, clever & informative - but did it perform? Not for a nanosecond. Last year, we replaced it with a plain-speaking, plain-looking website which instantly out-performed the other by 400% and has kept performing.   Read more

Innovation is the cornerstone of replacement Prime Minister Turnbull's rhetoric, but how innovative is his thinking really? We put the new PM under the microscope and search for innovation. We found it mighty elusive, especially when it came to defence focus and spending.   Read more

Some might say there's more hype around marketing itself than anything else - but we couldn't possibly comment. As 2016 gets off to a flying start, we look at where to get the best ROI on marketing your high tech product or service. Here are the marketing trends for 2016.   Read more

Or was it the camera industry’s failure to innovate?  Read more

As 2016 races off the start line on full throttle, we check out the top 10 trends in technology and what they mean for players and observers of Australia's High Tech sector. The recent shift is surprising. Hint: the supercar above uses a 'saltwater' battery.   Read more

On December 7, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced his highly anticipated National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA). The country has been holding its collective breath for this since the new PM took over on September 14. What does NISA mean and how much difference will it make?  Read more

'The Australia of the future has to be a nation that is agile, that is innovative, that is creative,’ said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull just a few days after his swearing-in ceremony. We take a look at countries who have made innovation their national identity - and some may surprise you. Can we do it too?    Read more

Just when the new Prime Minister’s mantra is ‘agility' and 'innovation’, it’s odd that a program that promotes Australian innovation is facing the chop from government funding. I attended the Australian Technologies Competition awards night on October 20, 2015 and was surprised.  Read more

Tony Abbott wasn't the first Australian Prime Minister to cut funding for research and innovation; it's been trending downward  for 20 years. Today, our funding level is just ahead of Greece and just behind Slovenia. Not a good look for the clever country. We chart some sobering lowlights from the last two decades.  Read more