Author: Joseph Brookes

Govt’s procurement push gets a quiet rebrand

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The Future Made in Australia Office established by the Albanese government has been quietly rebranded after it was being confused with a wider clean energy industrialisation agenda of the...

Platform giants not compelled to trial age assurance

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Platform companies like Meta and TikTok will not be required to participate in the government’s trial of age assurance technologies, leaving the regulator reliant on the companies’ willingness to...

Australian water tech goes global

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The CSIRO’s world-first ground to space water quality monitoring system will be trialled in California in a significant expansion for the national science agency mission. The $83 million AquaWatch...

National science agency spins up new AI workhorse

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The national science agency will launch its new $15 million high performance computing cluster on Friday to speed up research in areas like artificial intelligence, image processing and robotics....

Tech leaders on powerful new ARC board

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Two tech and innovation leaders have been appointed to the new Australian Research Council (ARC) board taking responsibility for around $800 million in annual research grants from the government...

Apple pinged by EU competition laws Australia wants to mimic

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Apple is in breach of new European competition laws, regulators alleged this week, setting up the first test of the Big Tech ‘gatekeeper’ regime that Australia’s competition watchdog wants...