Author: Joseph Brookes

Australia ‘can and should’ manufacture EVs: Tesla chair

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Australia should be doing almost everything in the electric vehicle value chain from mining and refining critical minerals to building batteries and even manufacturing cars, Tesla chair Robyn Denholm...

Australian unis back GDPR style data reforms

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“Deficiencies” in Commonwealth privacy laws are stopping European researchers from sharing data with Australian counterparts and may force local projects offshore, researchers have warned. Universities are calling for an...

Future Fellowships: 100 researchers share $94m in govt funding

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100 mid-career researchers will share in $94 million of federal funding to conduct their four-year projects, the Australian Research Council announced on Tuesday. Advanced manufacturing projects and New South...

Aust business wants a bigger say on new industry strategy

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Australian businesses have demanded a larger role in a new Australian innovation plan after years of inconsistent and ineffective industry policies which have seen Australia fall behind the “global...

Committee greenlights Labor EV discount

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A Senate committee has recommended passing legislation which will bring down the cost of electric vehicles, with the Greens signaling they’ll try to have hybrid vehicles removed from the...

Innovation journey gets Sydney chipmaker to $140m raise

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Australia’s largest semiconductor maker, Morse Micro, has raised $140 million in a round led by Japanese chip giant MegaChips and existing investors Main Sequence, Blackbird, the Clean Energy Finance...

STEM diversity review misses bigger opportunity

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An upcoming review of the government programs designed to drive better gender diversity in Australia’s science and technology sectors misses a bigger inclusion opportunity that would also help meet...

NSW govt stays mum on new manufacturing commissioner

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New South Wales has its first Modern Manufacturing Commissioner and “wide ranging” recommendations for reforms, but neither have been released by the state government which is withholding an announcement....