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		<title>Because it&#8217;s Singapore</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m spending a few days this week in Singapore &#8211; I think this is my fourth visit so far this year. I spent a lot of time here in the late &#8217;90&#8217;s with Tandem and then Compaq, so remain pretty familiar with the island.
It has been interesting to take stock of the economic situation up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where is Australian Business Media on Innovation?</title>
		<link>http://markwhite.mobi/2009/06/where-is-australian-business-media-on-innovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back I blogged about the perceived implementation delays surrounding Minister Kim Carr&#8217;s 18th March 2009 announcement of up to $83 million to early stage companies who have been &#8220;starved of funds due to the global financial crisis&#8221;.
Its coming up to three months since the announcement date, and it appears that neither the Minister [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clearly, &#8220;soon&#8221; wasn&#8217;t possible, was it Senator Carr?</title>
		<link>http://markwhite.mobi/2009/05/clearly-soon-wasnt-possible-was-it-senator-carr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 07:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his March 18th 2009 press release, Australian Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research announced a (and I quote) &#8220;Boost for Start-up Companies and Jobs &#8211; Securing the Future Beyond the Financial Storm&#8221;.
The Innovation Investment Follow-on Fund (IIFF) was to be all about ensuring a future for innovative companies beyond the global financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Share Schemes go out the Window in Australia</title>
		<link>http://markwhite.mobi/2009/05/employee-share-schemes-go-out-the-window-in-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 01:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve blogged previously about the Australian Government&#8217;s seemingly mindless attacks on support initiatives for innovation companies, but this latest ignorance really takes the cake.
In last week&#8217;s federal budget, the Government closed what it considered a &#8220;loophole&#8221; which allowed company employees to defer personal tax liabilities on company shares or options they are granted as part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally, the Great Southern Network</title>
		<link>http://markwhite.mobi/2009/04/finally-the-great-southern-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like a lot of people this morning I had a &#8220;what the&#8230;.&#8221; moment when Kevin Rudd announced the Federal Government&#8217;s decision to not award the NBN contract to a successful bidder; instead they will terminate the bidding process and invest billions in a FTTH network that over the next 8 years will reach 90% of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Day for Queensland</title>
		<link>http://markwhite.mobi/2009/03/a-historic-day-for-queensland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not quite Obama-esque in magntitude, but historic all the same. I&#8217;m usually quite apoloitical, and while this particular election seemed a choice between proven ineptitide and utter immaturity, I&#8217;m proud that our long-maligned state of Queensland  has become the first in Australia to elect a female Premier in their own right. 
Joan Kirner (Victoria) and Carmen Lawrence [...]]]></description>
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