Justin Hendry, Author at InnovationAus.com

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The Sydney high-tech hub trying to make ‘economic magic’

Ask Ken Morrison what makes a successful innovation precinct and he’ll tell you it’s not the companies, the researchers or the translational institutions on their own. It’s all three,...

Lukewarm demand sinks $8bn Firmus listing

9 October 2026 | by Scott Murdoch and Christine Chen

Firmus, a data centre operator backed by Nvidia, shelved its $8 billion initial public offering, citing market volatility and conditions, and said it would opt for a private fundraising...

AI firms to carry safety burden under new laws, Charlton says

8 October 2026 | by Justin Hendry

Australia’s AI standards will hold companies responsible for developing their products and services safely, rather than imposing “prescriptive rules”, assistant technology minister Andrew Charlton says. Speaking at a Trust...

Supercomputer chiefs warn of another ‘heavily oversubscribed’ year

8 October 2026 | by Justin Hendry

Australia’s research compute capacity is falling critically short of demand, the heads of the country’s two public supercomputers have warned lawmakers, with both facilities set to be “heavily oversubscribed”...

DARPA backs Diraq with up to $431m in final leg of quantum race

8 October 2026 | by Justin Hendry

Diraq has advanced to the third and final stage of a landmark US Defence quantum computing program, unlocking up to $431 million, $73 million of it upfront, to further...

Moderna teams with CSIRO for biosecurity research drive

7 October 2026 | by Justin Hendry

Australia’s national science agency has entered a five-year agreement with US vaccine maker Moderna to advance research on emerging biosecurity threats through a new accelerator. The CSIRO-Moderna Biosecurity Accelerator...

‘Get serious’ on sovereign AI, tech leaders urge Canberra

7 October 2026 | by Justin Hendry

The federal government must “get serious” about building domestic AI capability from the ground up, rather than rely on US AI giants to do the heavy lifting, a Senate...

AI firms are building schools. Australia should pay attention

7 October 2026 | by Dr Alex Antic

I have spent much of my working life around mathematics. I trained as a mathematician and computer scientist and completed a PhD in mathematics. Since then, I have worked...

Deep tech coalition urges Chalmers to scrap RDTI age limit

7 October 2026 | by Justin Hendry

The Albanese government is facing calls to scrap or fundamentally rework key parts of its proposed changes to the R&D tax incentive to avoid undermining Australia’s vibrant deep tech...

‘Not super sophisticated’: OpenAI says AI has changed the cyber equation

6 October 2026 | by Justin Hendry

OpenAI says the breach of Medicare’s statistics portal by its agents shows governments and companies must lift cybersecurity spending to meet a world in which AI can uncover vulnerabilities...

Author: Justin Hendry

The Sydney high-tech hub trying to make ‘economic magic’

Lukewarm demand sinks $8bn Firmus listing

AI firms to carry safety burden under new laws, Charlton says

Supercomputer chiefs warn of another ‘heavily oversubscribed’ year

DARPA backs Diraq with up to $431m in final leg of quantum race

Moderna teams with CSIRO for biosecurity research drive

‘Get serious’ on sovereign AI, tech leaders urge Canberra

AI firms are building schools. Australia should pay attention

Deep tech coalition urges Chalmers to scrap RDTI age limit

‘Not super sophisticated’: OpenAI says AI has changed the cyber equation

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