The battle between the Coalition and Labor Party to win over the start-up community is heating up, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull throwing his support behind the Australian division of the worldwide children's coding network, Code Club Australia. 
In a spontaneous message to Code Club Australia, he said it was more important than ever for kids to learn how to code. "Coding is not just about learning a new skill - it's about learning how to think critically and solve problems," he said.
"These are the most important skills to have in the 21st century, so I commend Code Club Australia for their very important work and for equipping our children with the skills to have a bright and prosperous future."
After launching in   December 2014, Code Club Australia already has nearly 300 clubs across the country, it's taught to 9000 school kids and 500 teachers.
One of the biggest concerns with the new digital technology curriculum is that teachers are not well enough equipped to teach these skills.
In 2016 Code Club Australia hopes to triple the number of teachers it reaches but national program manager Kelly Tagalan said it needs additional corporate or government sponsorship.
"With states like Victoria, Queensland and South Australia adopting the digital technology curriculum in the new year, there will be an explosion of interest," she said. "We're looking for a partner to fund an online training program ... we also want to fund a 'train the trainer' program so that there are representatives in every state to give teachers face-to-face training."
This week Code Club merged with the UK-based Raspberry Pi foundation. This will give teachers and students better access to robotics skills, but not change the daily operation of Code Club.
Innovation and digital skills have been at the heart of Malcolm Turnbull's pitch to Australia since he won the leadership ballot against Tony Abbott in   September.
In   October he hosted an innovation roundtable in which he and other Liberal Party ministers were applauded by Freelancer chief executive Matt Barrie for having the most innovative ideas in the room.
Mr Turnbull said there had never been a more exciting time to be alive.
"One of my most important jobs as Prime Minister is to ensure that we are doing everything in our power to equip kids for the jobs of the future."