Author: Justin Hendry

R&D ‘deathtrap’ could shut startups out of refunds

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Australia risks decimating startup investment if the government pushes ahead with proposed changes to the R&D tax incentive that could leave young companies unable to claim refunds from the...

The tech companies paying little or no tax in Australia

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Some of Australia’s biggest tech companies and data centre operators paid no corporate tax in 2024-25, while others handed over a relatively small share of their taxable income, new...

Qld added new strings to $470m PsiQuantum investment

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Queensland tightened the conditions on its $470 million PsiQuantum investment in the wake of a review of the joint federal-state deal to build a quantum computer on the outskirts...

CSIRO’s $750m Lindfield problem, and the $25m fix

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Australia’s national science agency will save hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade by exiting its leafy Lindfield campus of nearly half a century and consolidating its...

Diraq to open second US lab in New Mexico

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Diraq is pushing further into the United States, planning a research and development laboratory in New Mexico’s supercomputing heartland that will be its second outside of Australia. The move...

Govt fast-forwards timeline on AI standards regulation

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The Albanese government has brought forward its AI regulation agenda by several months, with legislation now expected to be introduced to federal parliament by the end of the year,...

Australia, NZ pact adds wargaming to defence science ties

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Australia and New Zealand will deepen defence science ties under a new agreement, opening fresh opportunities for the countries to share technology and skills across the Tasman. As regional...