Election 2016: What 48 Australian executives want

By Sarah Kimmorley
Updated June 24 2016 - 8:08pm, first published 11:34am
PM Malcolm Turnbull, right, with CEO of On-Market BookBuilds Ben Bucknell. Bucknell says: "It's critical that government leaders are aware of the fast-moving and complex nature of cyber crime, with advancing technologies and applications, privacy and cyber-threats all converging." Photo: Dallas Kilponen
PM Malcolm Turnbull, right, with CEO of On-Market BookBuilds Ben Bucknell. Bucknell says: "It's critical that government leaders are aware of the fast-moving and complex nature of cyber crime, with advancing technologies and applications, privacy and cyber-threats all converging." Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Martin Hosking of Redbubble: "An entrepreneurial culture is actually about taking on entrenched interests and entrenched ways of doing things. As we have seen this will be resisted from groups as diverse as the coal lobby to the music and media and banking industries ... Australia has had so few genuine tech successes because change is so vehemently resisted." Photo: Ben Rushton
Martin Hosking of Redbubble: "An entrepreneurial culture is actually about taking on entrenched interests and entrenched ways of doing things. As we have seen this will be resisted from groups as diverse as the coal lobby to the music and media and banking industries ... Australia has had so few genuine tech successes because change is so vehemently resisted." Photo: Ben Rushton
Taryn Williams, co-founder and CEO of The Right.Fit. "During this election there has been a lot of posturing around commitments to innovation and entrepreneurship from the current government, and policy makers should prioritise translating this into action." Photo: Christopher Pearce
Taryn Williams, co-founder and CEO of The Right.Fit. "During this election there has been a lot of posturing around commitments to innovation and entrepreneurship from the current government, and policy makers should prioritise translating this into action." Photo: Christopher Pearce
OpenAgent co-founders Zoe Pointon, left, and Marta Higuera. Pointon says: "We would like to see less tax and financial burdens for startups, beginning with funding matching for early stage startups to provide a growth boost, eliminating the payroll tax for high growth companies and providing tax breaks for those who are working at early stage/high growth companies to make salaries more competitive."  Photo: James Alcock
OpenAgent co-founders Zoe Pointon, left, and Marta Higuera. Pointon says: "We would like to see less tax and financial burdens for startups, beginning with funding matching for early stage startups to provide a growth boost, eliminating the payroll tax for high growth companies and providing tax breaks for those who are working at early stage/high growth companies to make salaries more competitive." Photo: James Alcock
Kate Morris of Adore Beauty. "I'd like to see policy makers from both sides put together a  bipartisan plan for an apolitical NBN that (a) gives the necessary infrastructure for future innovation in this country, and (b) actually gets executed."  Photo: Supplied
Kate Morris of Adore Beauty. "I'd like to see policy makers from both sides put together a bipartisan plan for an apolitical NBN that (a) gives the necessary infrastructure for future innovation in this country, and (b) actually gets executed." Photo: Supplied
Square country manager Ben Pfisterer: "Marriage equality for Australians needs faster action by policy makers to ensure we're building not only a world-class economic environment, yet also ensuring we continue to work towards a society void of discriminatory prejudice." Photo: Peter Braig
Square country manager Ben Pfisterer: "Marriage equality for Australians needs faster action by policy makers to ensure we're building not only a world-class economic environment, yet also ensuring we continue to work towards a society void of discriminatory prejudice." Photo: Peter Braig
Bridget Loudon, founder of Expert360, in the US. "I would like to see the government do more to attract the world's best tech talent to Australia. And we need to get more smart kids studying tech subjects in school and university." Photo: Supplied
Bridget Loudon, founder of Expert360, in the US. "I would like to see the government do more to attract the world's best tech talent to Australia. And we need to get more smart kids studying tech subjects in school and university." Photo: Supplied

On July 2, Australians will head to the polling booths to determine the 45th parliament of Australia.

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