Author: Brandon How

Govt, Greens reach deal on ‘right to disconnect’

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A ‘right to disconnect’ allowing workers to ignore unreasonable contact from their employers outside working hours will be included in the latest tranche of industrial relations reforms following months...

Tech Policy Design Centre proves its worth to ANU

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The Tech Policy Design Centre has been made a permanent fixture at the Australian National University and will be supported by a new advisory group featuring current and former Australian...

Govt to scope health and medical research workforce

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The Health department has ordered an independent audit of Australia’s health and medical research workforce to inform the development of national policy amid a “paucity of recent data”. The...

Govt offers industry groups $11m for IGP advice

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Industry groups have just under two weeks to apply for a share of $10.8 million in grant funding to deliver advisory services to innovative small to medium-sized enterprises under...

AMSL Aero lands first sale of electric aircraft

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Sydney-based AMSL Aero has secured its first civil customer for its fully electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, referred to as Vertiia. The aircraft manufacturer on Monday announced it...

Interim ASCA head Emily Hilder made permanent

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Professor Emily Hilder has been appointed the permanent head of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator, the Defence accelerator charged with supercharging defence innovation in Australia. Professor Hilder, who has...

Gig Guide: Wyatt Roy heads to Saudi Arabia

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Former Liberal assistant minister for innovation Wyatt Roy is off to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to be crowned sector head of innovation for its planned urban development, Neom....

Queensland mulls hydrogen licences for green power

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A standalone hydrogen act is being considered in Queensland to regulate new production and storage facilities as a part of the state’s plans to become a global exporter. On...

PC casts doubt on Australia’s ‘activist’ AI support

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The Productivity Commission believes Australia is not well positioned to produce its own advanced artificial intelligence models and doubts the productivity benefits of “activist government ‘sponsorship’” across the AI...