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Alignment is needed to boost industry R&D investment

The urban policy think tank Committee for Sydney says a lack of alignment between national and state priorities and funding streams is diluting Australia’s capacity to leverage...

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Qld’s critical minerals testbed facility moves forward

A critical minerals commercialisation hub first promised for Queensland more than two years ago taken a big step forward, with construction now underway on the first-of-its-kind...

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‘Crazy’ to regulate AI, Mike Cannon-Brookes warns

Atlassian co-founder and chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes has warned that regulating artificial intelligence "at such an early stage... seems crazy" and for governments to focus...

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Advanced Navigation sets ‘defining standard for autonomy’

Australian autonomous systems outfit Advanced Navigation has successfully demonstrated a new hybrid system for super accurate navigation in GPS-denied environments. The company says...

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Reading the tea leaves: Signals from a new Industry minister

Ministerial speeches at the start of a new tenure rarely change the course of history, but they do set the tone and expectations. When Senator Tim Ayres addressed the Cooperative...

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Adult content codes redrafted after eSafety pushback

Local tech industry groups have lodged a set of revised online safety codes designed to protect children from exposure to pornography and age-inappropriate content after earlier drafts...

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Panel folding firm nabs govt’s first Solar Sunshot funding

A company that fabricates solar panels in Adelaide, folds them into shipping containers and then deploys them at solar farms 10 times faster than traditional installations will kick...

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Victoria looks to AI ahead of public sector ‘right-sizing’

Victoria looks set to ramp up its use of artificial intelligence in regulatory decisions, with the state government revealing plans to use the technology to replace “outdated...