Author: Joseph Brookes

Govt mulls facial recognition bill reheat

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As the government considers reviving the controversial facial recognition legislation needed to expand an identity matching scheme, Home Affairs has awarded a $37 million contract to Fujitsu to manage...

CRC scheme backed by buried report

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The Hawke-era Cooperative Research Centres program has delivered big returns on government investment for three decades and should be continued with increased funding, according to a review of the...

NSW govt readies RNA R&D fund

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The New South Wales government is searching for investment partners to help it establish an RNA fund that will provide millions to drug and vaccine research and development in...

Cyber threat platform costing govt $59k a day

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The bill for the federal government’s automated cyber threat sharing platform has skyrocketed to more than $59,000 a day because of the expansion into bidirectional sharing, increased industry participation,...

NSW quantum fund offering $7m for local commercialisation

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A new state fund is offering New South Wales-based companies and research organisations up to $4 million to commercialise quantum computing hardware and software. In total, $7 million is...

National quantum strategy with government

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A final draft of Australia’s first national quantum strategy is written and with government for consideration, with a public release expected within weeks. The chief scientist finished the plan...