Author: Joseph Brookes

More scientists warn on research review’s business blinders

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Major Australian science groups are warning the government’s generational review of research and development is overlooking discovery work, threatening Australia’s “wellspring of innovation”. The Australian Academy of Science on...

Green aluminium play launches against the clock

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The Albanese government will on Wednesday open consultation for the latest plank in its interventionalist industry policy, a $2 billion tax credit for producers of green aluminium as the...

SERD’s impact focus a ‘threat’ to discovery research

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Scientists have sounded the alarm that a generational review of Australia’s research and development system is off course and could plant the seeds of another blue sky funding crunch....

Australian mining cleanup tech emerges as global disruptor

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An Australian developed filtration system for mining waste could be key to recovering more than $5 trillion worth of critical resources like copper and lithium trapped in wastewater around...

‘I’m dismayed’: CSIRO slashes more than 800 jobs

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The CSIRO is planning further job cuts despite already slashing more than 800 in the last 18 months, its management has confirmed, as new modelling shows government funding has...

‘Horrified’ NDIA’s Salesforce probe drags past 2 years

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The National Disability Insurance Agency has handed Salesforce almost $100 million in the two years it has been investigating suspected misconduct of its staff that involved the software giant....