Author: Brandon How

QuantX secures $750,000 from Next Gen Tech Fund’s ghost

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Adelaide-based firm QuantX Labs has landed a $750,000 contract with the Department of Defence to improve the security of its quantum position, navigation, and timing capability. The project aims...

Online Safety Act changes target child safety and AI

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Amendments to the Online Safety Act are incoming, as government begins consultation on proposed reforms to the Basic Online Safety Expectations which include new measures related to child safety,...

$587m cyber uplift includes sovereign capability package

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Cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neil has released the Australian government’s long-anticipated cybersecurity strategy, a seven-year plan to make Australia “a world leader in cyber security” by 2030. The plan includes...

Superbugs loom in antimicrobial innovation gap

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Australia’s MedTech and Pharmaceutical industry growth centre MTPConnect is warning antimicrobial resistant ‘superbugs’ could cause 10,000 deaths annually by 2050 if immediate action to correct a research and development...

CSIRO launches $19m Aus-India circular economy accelerator

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The CSIRO on Tuesday revealed details on its new accelerator program for late-stage startups and small to medium-sized enterprises with innovative circular economy technologies. The national science agency is running...

Online regulator pushes for proactive cloud, message scanning

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The Office of the eSafety Commissioner has unveiled plans to enforce proactive scanning of online messaging, cloud storage, and other internet-based services for child sexual abuse material and pro-terror...

Merger reform to restrict growth of big tech power

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Big tech merger proposals that “entrench, materially increase, or materially extend a firm’s position to substantial market power” could soon be grounds for rejection, as the federal government releases options for...

Clean tech innovation endorsed in Indo-Pacific framework

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Australia on Friday joined Indo-Pacific Economic Framework partners in endorsing the acceleration of research and commercialisation of clean energy and climate technologies, as other agreements on regional trade stalled....