Author: James Riley

Diamond future for Canberra’s Quantum Brilliance

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
In 2019, some intellectual property created through a research project at the Australian National University was spun out as a startup which might change how we all use computers....

DTA, Deloitte and Adobe, and the myGov windfall

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Auditor-General’s damning assessment of procurement practices at the Digital Transformation Agency highlights an urgent need for a closer examination of how the federal government selects and acquires technology....

‘Shifting spectrum of sunlight’ to boost plant growth

Posted on   |  by Jennifer O’Brien
The story of LLEAF, which stands for luminescent light emitting agricultural film, began at the University of NSW when Dr Alex Falber invented novel light shifting dyes, according to...

FFI invests $200m in green hydrogen facility in Germany

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As part of its accelerated global push into renewables, Fortescue Future Industries has entered a $200 million strategic collaboration with infrastructure developer Tree Energy Solutions (TES) to fast-track the...

WYWM: The digital platform that reinvents recruitment

Posted on   |  by Jennifer O’Brien
As the story goes, army veteran Tom Moore hatched the idea for WithYouWithMe (WYWM) – a veteran education and employment tech company – when he was attempting to transition...

Selling to Government Survey: Last chance to have your say

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal government procurement of information technology products and services is a massive potential lever for industrial policy. Depending on how those dollars are directed, that purchasing power can make...

From MiningTech to data centres, DUG Cool digs in

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
When Western Australian tech firm DUG set out to create its own supercomputer network of data centres around the world, the company turned to its own R&D unit to...

The Productivity Commission is wrong, again

Posted on   |  by Dr John H Howard
In application, industrial policy reflects a complex interplay between national economic policy, international competitiveness policy and international competition policy. Industrial policy cannot be dismissed with glib assertions about the...