Author: James Riley

Weird clean energy funding weirdness

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has provided funding to a clean energy research centre just days after it was revealed that funding had been cut for a similar project already operating...

ACS settles Federal Court debacle

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Computer Society has drawn a line under its disastrous attempt to restructure the organisation last year, having been ordered by the Federal Court on Monday to pay...

Now is not the time to cut the RDTI

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Now is not the time for the government to cut the research and development tax incentive, with Australia facing an economic crisis potentially worse than the GFC, the Australian...

From digital identity to age verification

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s troubled digital ID project is set to be used for online age verification, with biometrics capability also to be launched by the middle of the year....

Privacy chief takes Facebook to Federal Court

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Social network giant Facebook is facing the prospect of fines of more than $1 billion in Australia in relation to privacy breaches that date back six years to the...

ASD’s critical role in industry development

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Signals Directorate has an important role to play in helping build Australian sovereign capability in cybersecurity, in software development, and in the creation of a resilient ecosystem...

Kate Quirke on the All Tech Index

Posted on   |  by Kate Quirke
Last week the Australian Securities Exchange launched its All Technology Index, shining a light on the wonderful tech ecosystem we have in Australia and its significance to the Australian...

COVID-19: Impact on China’s science policy

Posted on   |  by Stuart Finlayson
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, global science and policy communities are in flux. What does this mean for China’s science policy and funding? Or its international research...

Govt grants and gender imbalance

Posted on   |  by James Riley
While the federal government prepares details of a new $18 million grants program to support female founders, new research has uncovered a stark gender imbalance in existing entrepreneur support...