Author: Joseph Brookes

Australia’s e-government rank falls to decade low

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Australia has slipped to seventh in the United Nations global ranking of ‘e-governments’, it’s worst position in a decade. New Zealand and several Scandinavian countries are now ahead of...

Deakin channels fed funding to nuclear fusion deep tech

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Deakin University has given a chunk of the federal funding it received to improve research commercialisation to laser fusion energy start-up HB11 Energy. The company will lead a $20...

National EV strategy considers manufacturing revival

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The federal government has opened consultations on Australia’s first national electric vehicle strategy with a brief paper that touts the opportunity of manufacturing batteries and vehicles onshore, and all...

Govt handing KPMG $1 million every day

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The cost of federal government contracts awarded to KPMG leapt to $373 million last financial year, with the consulting giant pocketing more than a million dollars a day from...

Senate inquiry to probe Big Tech influence in Australia

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A new Senate inquiry will examine the nature and extent of the influence of foreign-owned Big Tech companies Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Amazon have on the Australian market...

Around the QIST: Quantum charts a course for Aussie STEM success

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Australia’s world-leading quantum research sector should be used as a guide for scaling up other technology industries such as biotech, clean energy, and semiconductors, the Chief Scientists says, after...
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