Australia’s SMEs can build defence resilience

Australia needs a national strategy that explicitly prioritises the integration of small and medium enterprises into its defence industrial base to strengthen sovereign capability and infrastructure resilience.

Funding small business innovation

Innovation isn’t confined to the headquarters of big tech companies and university laboratories. Small and medium enterprises are a powerhouse of economic growth in Australia but can struggle to secure the investment they need to turn big ideas into commercial products.

Small firms – Big factor

As the federal election looms, a newly released white paper from the Media Precinct reveals that Australia’s small and medium-sized enterprises may now emerge as the deciding voice at the ballot box.

Commercialising research with Queensland’s SMEs

CSIRO is inviting Queensland-based small to medium-sized enterprises and academic researchers to collaborate through the new Regional University Industry Collaboration program to translate scientific potential into economic benefits for regional communities.

AI for SMEs

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is helping small to medium enterprises enhance their research and development knowledge with a free 10-week online program focused on digital technologies and artificial intelligence.

Innovate and grow

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is inviting small to medium enterprises (SMEs) working on advanced manufacturing solutions to apply for a self-paced, 10-week, online program that can help them turn an idea into an R&D opportunity.

CSIRO programme boosts SME cybersecurity

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is helping small to medium enterprises (SMEs) enhance their research and development knowledge with a free 10-week online program focused on cyber security and digital technologies.

Cyber-proofing small business

SMEs are not immune to cyber-attacks from hackers looking to steal user data, hijack their server or hold their systems to ransom, but a new Australian tool – auCheck – will help small business owners protect themselves and fight back.

The OECD backs SMEs

The creation of a new Committee on SMEs and Entrepreneurship by the OECD highlights the organisation’s recognition of the importance of small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurship to our economies and societies, and on the critical role they can play in driving a sustainable, inclusive, green and resilient recovery.

Saving Melbourne’s small businesses 

Six more weeks of lockdown for Melbourne’s five million residents will kill off many small and medium-sized businesses unless there are critical changes to federal and state government assistance policies.