Author: Joseph Brookes

$258 million CRC takes aim at additive manufacturing

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A seven-year industry-led mission to advance additive manufacturing kicked off in Melbourne on Thursday with the launch of a $258 million Cooperative Research Centre. Under an “Australia Makes” slogan...

Canberra urged to drop chip foundry fantasy

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Federal policymakers must move past notions that Australia’s semiconductor industry is tied to mass silicon chip fabrication, the NSW chief scientist said on Wednesday while pushing for a bottom...

Govt systems spared from AWS outage

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Australian government technology systems have evaded the global outage at Amazon Web Services, with crucial weather forecasting and citizen services like myGov staying online, agencies have confirmed. The government...

Recycling innovator maps out quick, connected translation path

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Australia must tweak business incentives and fund more pilot lines to pull university research across the valley of death with industry, according to materials scientist and recycling pioneer Veena...

Sydney battery spinout goes big in Japan

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University of Sydney spinout Gelion Technologies on Tuesday announced a partnership with global electronics behemoth TDK to move its lithium sulfur battery technology into a prototype production phase from...

OpenAI picks up more govt work amid lobbying blitz

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US tech giant OpenAI has secured its second federal contract while ratcheting up a policy and sales blitz in Canberra that includes private meeting with Anthony Albanese’s Cabinet and...

Cicada lands NSW govt innovation lead as new CEO

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Investment NSW executive director of innovation Liza Noonan will take the reins of Cicada Innovations next month to lead the 25-year-old deep tech incubator’s new era. Ms Noonan leaves...

Govt’s FoI bot sufferer unaware of its problem

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Services Australia officials on Friday testified they did not know which government agency is struggling under the weight of AI generated Freedom of Information requests, despite it being their...