The Turnbull Government has been vocal about its support for Australian startups, but its innovation commitment came under fire on Monday when Pete Cooper, founder of StartSoc, questioned Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy on the ABC’s QandA program about the lack of funding backing start-ups..
Cooper asked why the government decided to allocate funding for research but not for innovative startups as part of its $1.1 billion National Innovation and Science Agenda.
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