Author: James Riley

2023 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence: Get Ready!

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The InnovationAus Awards for Excellence 2023 program is officially underway, with entries now open for a six-month program of celebration, highlighting amazing Australian entrepreneurs and innovators, and their incredible...

On lithium supply chains and the extraction of value

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It turns out that the two lightest reactive elements (excluding the noble gas helium), hydrogen and lithium, are central to our energy future, but neither is an energy source....

Online safety codes hang on ‘red line’ issues

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Australia’s eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant will take delivery on Friday of the final drafts of the online safety codes that have been under development by local tech industry...

Cold supply chains: Levins on pitching at SXSW 2023

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When I interview Paul Levins, he is sitting in Spanish villa-style ranch house in a small community about an hour’s drive north of Austin, Texas, where he has been...

Productivity Commission ignores capabilities Australia already has

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Productivity and competition go hand in hand, so it’s no great surprise that the Productivity Commission’s (PC) five-yearly productivity inquiry doesn’t advocate for increased sovereign capability across the Australian...

National Quantum Strategy won’t be raining dollars

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Federal Industry minister Ed Husic has dampened expectations of a big pool of new money being attached to the looming National Quantum Strategy, saying the government is taking a...

Designs on a sustainable scale for people and place

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For policy makers, designers, educators, community and industry leaders, tech professionals and a diverse range of stakeholders, the Data Informed Design Conference (DiD23) is the place to be. That’s...

Commercialisation and Defence are not mutually exclusive

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There is no doubt the world has entered a more complex and potentially dangerous era. And according to Sarah Pavillard, that means commercial researchers and tech innovators will increasingly...