Author: Joseph Brookes

Robotics sprint offers fast lane to global industry

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Australia’s leading manufacturing robotics hub is hunting the nation’s most promising startups and innovators for a unique opportunity to link up with the world’s best researchers and industry in...

Older and deeper startups battle economic downturn

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AI and deep tech are permeating through Australia’s startup sector, while founders are getting older and increasingly eyeing overseas opportunities, according to the latest Startup Muster report. Released in...

Renewables remain at half the cost of nuclear: CSIRO

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Renewables continue to be the cheapest new-build electricity-generating technology, while nuclear power is around twice as expensive and has “no unique cost advantages” from its long operational life, despite...

Australia rolls out the red carpet to SpaceX

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Australia’s space regulator prepared bespoke support for SpaceX earlier this year to aid the company’s bid to land and recover a rocket off the coast of Western Australia, newly...

Govt revives ‘citizen watchdog’ missing in Robodebt

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Top legal minds and disability and Indigenous advocates have been appointed to a reinstated administrative decisions watchdog to bolster oversight and tackle systemic issues. The experts arrive as part...

ANU Tech Policy Design Centre moves to keep doors open

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The Australian National University-based Tech Policy Design Centre is expected to continue its work in 2025 – albeit as an independent not-for-profit entity – after the university unexpectedly cut...

Bullying, pay gap in male dominated ’24/7′ cyber sector

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Gender biases, stereotypes and inequities are limiting women’s participation in the Australian cybersecurity sector, according to new research that recommends changes to the current “24/7 culture”. A report by...