Author: Joseph Brookes

$2m rental rebates to attract scale-ups to Tech Central

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The New South Wales Government has offered to subsidise eligible technology companies’ rental costs at Tech Central by nearly $2 million each in a bid to attract scale ups...

Amy Brown to lead NSW’ trade and investment super agency

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Investment NSW chief executive Amy Brown will oversee the state government’s wider innovation-led economic development as secretary of the newly formed Department of Enterprise Investment and Trade from Monday....

Nearly 150 officials on taskforce exploring nuclear sub options

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There are nearly 150 members on the federal government’s nuclear-powered submarines taskforce, including officials from a range of federal departments and 10 contractors who the Defence department has declined...

Details are scarce on Australia-UK critical technology deals

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State and federal governments have declined to disclose details of recently signed international agreements purported to boost emerging industries and cross border trade with the United Kingdom. Last week,...

Local AdBlue production up 800 per cent with govt subsidy

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A $29 million government subsidy has helped Australian firm Incitec Pivot increase its domestic production of a critical diesel exhaust fluid eight-fold in a month, as a global shortage...

Accessibility issues: RAT tests and the vision impaired

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The at home COVID-19 testing key to Australia’s pandemic recovery is not accessible to blind and low vision users, prompting warnings from advocates the sudden shift to self-testing has...

Gig Guide: Microsoft chief to lead NSW skills board

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There are changes across top tech jobs in the public and private sector while Sydney is asking consultants and Big Tech how to kick start its economic recovery. Australia’s...

McKinsey paid $10k a day for AdBlue analysis

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The federal government is paying a consulting giant nearly $10,000 a day for supply and demand analysis of a critical diesel exhaust fluid but refuses to disclose exactly how...