Author: Joseph Brookes

AUKUS Pillar II: Nations claim AI ‘world-first’

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Defence teams from AUKUS nations have claimed a world-first with the use of artificial intelligence models on unmanned aerial vehicles, in an early demonstration of the security pact’s second...

$120m govt grant for battery materials refinery pulled

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The Industry department has retracted the $120 million grant it offered a proposed battery material refinery hub project in Western Australia more than a year after it was announced,...

NSW developing trust breach law after PwC scandal

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Consultants and advisers that breach government trust in New South Wales face multi-million dollar fines and shadow bans under changes being developed by the Minns government. Other state and...

Canberra to hire dozens of its own consultants

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The Albanese government’s in-house consultancy will be up and running by the end of the year, with around 20 staff providing professional services and focusing on building capability and...

PwC federal contracts plummet in wake of tax leaks scandal

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Embattled consulting giant PwC’s federal work is plummeting and it faces a criminal investigation after its partners were caught exploiting confidential government information for profit. The firm has still...

$227m NSW innovation grant programs ‘on hold’

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Applicants to New South Wales’ industry and innovation grant programs worth more than $227 million have been told their potential funding may never come, with the Minns government reviewing...

Satellite startup Fleet Space lands $50m Series C

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Adelaide nanosatellite startup Fleet Space Technologies is now worth $350 million after raising $50 million in an oversubscribed series C, the company announced on Wednesday. Fleet said it will...

Meta fined record $2bn by EU data regulators

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Meta has been fined nearly $2 billion by European regulators and ordered to stop transferring the personal Facebook data of EU citizens back to the US in a landmark...