Applications have opened for the Australia Post Regional Pitchfest, which will give startups across Australia a chance to pitch for a share in $100,000.
Townsville will become the latest Australian city to get an Internet of Things network, with the Townsville City Council partnering with Campbell Scientific Australia to launch the initiative.
Following the launch of Hobart’s Enterprize innovation hub last week, the Tasmanian Government has today officially launched the Launceston hub, a space looking to help boost and grow the city’s startup community.
Tasmania will soon be home to two new entrepreneurship and incubation hubs, with organisations including the University of Tasmania, TasTAFE, and Startup Tasmania coming together to launch a space at Macquarie House in Launceston, and the former Mercury newspaper building in Hobart.
The hospitality industry now has an app that solves two of the sector’s biggest problems 
Canva confirms $70m raise, valuing the design business at $2.5 billion 
An Australian startup has cracked the final 10 for Startupbootcamp’s latest global fintech accelerator 
Hungry Jacks is turning to science to create a fake meat burger 
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