Author: Joseph Brookes

‘Mines to medicine’: Push for new SA nuclear industry

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Cutting edge cancer diagnosis and treatments could be produced, trialled and exported from South Australia using the waste from locally mined uranium, according to a new report claiming the...

Walls come down for dual-use tech trade through AUKUS

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Organisations developing dual-use technologies like quantum computing, lasers, sensors, aerospace and propulsion systems will gain easier imports from the US after Australia received a licencing exemption from American regulations....

Scale up govt innovation procurement to $100m, tech group says

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The federal government must quadruple funding to its innovation procurement program and establish a public sector accelerator to bring down the walls around government contracts for smaller firms, according...

‘Select sourcing’ of EY for $10.7m Digital ID register

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Consulting giant EY will be paid almost $1 million a month to build the regulatory technology underpinning Australia’s expanding digital identity system, after the big four firm landed its...

NSW must keep searching for ‘ubiquitous connectivity’

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The Minns government is being urged to carry on the state’s pursuit of “ubiquitous connectivity” by partnering with industry and innovators to overcome the digital divide with a complex...

Accenture making the case for Australia’s skills passport

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The business case for a national skills “passport” is being developed by tech services giant Accenture, as the Albanese government warms to a concept proposed decades ago to inject...

Plan unveiled to guide $1.5bn for medicine making

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Precision manufacturing of medical devices, digital health solutions and innovative therapeutics will be backed with up to $1.5 billion in public funding under the first guidance for a priority...