Author: Joseph Brookes

MMI grant brings global pharma firm to Adelaide

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A global pharmaceutical company will build a drug manufacturing facility in northern Adelaide after receiving $20 million in funding through the latest round of the federal government’s Modern Manufacturing...

Telco Authority issues first NSW innovation challenge

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New South Wales’ inaugural government innovation challenge is from the state’s telco authority, which is seeking solutions to improve connectivity across the state with non-terrestrial technologies, following the agency’s...

Laureate Fellowships’ $54m of Aussie research

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Seventeen of Australia’s top researchers will share in $53.7 million from this year’s Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme, including four advanced manufacturing projects and a cybersecurity study on online discourse....

NSW expands MedTech commercialisation program

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New South Wales Health’s Medical Device Commercialisation Training Program is being expanded beyond its namesake, with Sydney deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations to deliver a new version of the...

Data quality concerns surround open banking scheme

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Questions remain about the quality of data being used in Australia’s “world leading” consumer data portability scheme one year after it was launched, according to its newest entrant. Basiq,...

Defence adds $3m to university cyber research

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The Department of Defence has funded three more Australian universities for their work with a US counterpart on cybersecurity research that could one day benefit defence forces. $3 million...

Gig Guide: Higher ed shakeup and Barnaby’s return

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There are changes at the top of Australia’s universities, with vice-chancellors on the move at UTS, UNSW, USYD and RMIT, while Barnaby Joyce’s return to deputy leadership brings a...

PM to get final say on $800m manufacturing grants

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The guidelines for the collaboration stream of the federal government’s flagship manufacturing program have been released, with grants of up to $200 million for large “transformation” projects to be...

ABC quietly delays iview login plans, data sharing

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The ABC has delayed the introduction of mandatory logins for its video streaming platform iview, amid concerns the requirement was unlawful and a risk to user privacy through the...