Joseph Brookes, Author at InnovationAus.com

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NRF takes $35m stake in Aussie chipmaker

Australia’s biggest semiconductor manufacturer has secured investment from the federal government’s industry fund, a former Prime Minister and several super funds to keep developing Wi-Fi microchips for IoT devices...

Moderna’s ‘sweetheart’ manufacturing deal starts to deliver

23 September 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

A $2 billion government investment to bring Moderna to Australia is paying dividends before a vaccine has rolled off its Melbourne production line, according to the US pharmaceutical giant,...

Fund the funders move floated to close NSW ‘missing middle’

22 September 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

New investment models and a dedicated scaleup plan are needed to build up NSW’s industrial “missing middle”, according to the government’s innovation council, which found growing firms are underserved...

Data centres are bigger than a one-off foreign investment hit

21 September 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s data centre opportunity is bigger than a one-off hit of foreign investment, but rather provides the digital infrastructure and expertise to help drive a new wave of local...

Services Australia rounds out its $715m telecoms upgrade

19 September 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Services Australia has locked in more than $700 million in contracts with Telstra and Optus to secure telecommunications capable of handling billions of transactions over the coming years. The...

Atlassian to acquire developer productivity platform DX for $1.5 billion

19 September 2025 | by Harshita Mary Varghese

Atlassian said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire developer intelligence platform DX for about US$1 billion ($1.5 billion) in cash and restricted stock, aiming to improve customer experience...

‘We reject a regulatory wild west’: Opposition backs AI rules

18 September 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Shadow industry and innovation minister Alex Hawke says the government must intervene to address AI challenges, including putting guardrails around high-risk use, to avoid a “regulatory wild west”. But...

Kmart weighs appeal to facial recognition privacy breach finding

18 September 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

A three year probe into Kmart’s use of facial recognition across dozens of stores has found the retailer breached privacy law when it captured and analysed customers’ faces without...

NSW govt’s plan to build up Tech Central and share its control

17 September 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

The NSW government’s keenly awaited plan for Tech Central sets a long-term vision and outcomes for Australia’s biggest innovation district, but offers no hard targets and few details on...

Govt pumps $1.1bn into clean fuels take-off

17 September 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s emerging low carbon liquid fuels industry is set to start producing ‘drop in’ alternatives to fossil fuels like sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel by the end of...

Author: Joseph Brookes

NRF takes $35m stake in Aussie chipmaker

Moderna’s ‘sweetheart’ manufacturing deal starts to deliver

Fund the funders move floated to close NSW ‘missing middle’

Data centres are bigger than a one-off foreign investment hit

Services Australia rounds out its $715m telecoms upgrade

Atlassian to acquire developer productivity platform DX for $1.5 billion

‘We reject a regulatory wild west’: Opposition backs AI rules

Kmart weighs appeal to facial recognition privacy breach finding

NSW govt’s plan to build up Tech Central and share its control

Govt pumps $1.1bn into clean fuels take-off

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