Author: Justin Hendry

AUKUS innovation challenge hones in on undersea systems

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Australia and its AUKUS partners have launched the second trilateral innovation challenge, this time calling for technologies that aid the “synchronisation and teaming” of undersea systems. Defence’s Advanced Strategic...

Fleet Space lifts Defence’s sovereign satcom hopes

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Fleet Space Technologies says a sovereign satellite communications system for Australia’s military is still feasible, after delivering a low-Earth orbit satellite project to Defence. As Australia explores a militarised...

Defence sets up US-style sovereign capability sales office

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Australia will follow the United States and set up a new office dedicated to selling sovereign defence capabilities, including high-tech combat drones and radar technology, to international security partners....

A Budget with ‘no clear ambition’ on AI: Industry reactions

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Australia’s tech sector has reacted with disappointment to Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fourth Budget, saying with the absence of significant new investment in artificial intelligence and the digital economy, the...

R&D tax incentive payments to fall by $650 million

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After a meteoric rise in tax breaks for companies undertaking research and development in Australia, payments are set to fall by almost $650 million over the next five years....

$450m Budget lift for business registers, digital health

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The Albanese government has thrown more than $200 million behind the latest attempt to upgrade the country’s antiquated business registers, as legacy tech risk climbs across the Commonwealth. A...