Please contribute to this thread by adding information about government and other support and collaboration opportunities available to startups and other developers in the IoT space.
Below is a start on this.
Australian Govt Support
R&D tax incentive https://www.business.gov.au/assistance/research-and-development-tax-incentive
Commercialisation support https://www.business.gov.au/assistance
The Industry Growth Centres http://www.industry.gov.au/industry/Industry-Growth-Centres/Pages/default.aspx
IoT Alliance - Collaboration
http://www.commsalliance.com.au/Documents/Publications-by-Topic/IoT
http://www.iot.org.au/
http://www.iot.org.au/workstreams/
Workstream 6 is on IoT Innovation