Author: Justin Hendry

Sweeping R&D tax reforms pitched to close innovation gap

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Tax breaks for research and development would be streamlined and new streams introduced to target more innovative businesses under sweeping reforms proposed by a landmark review of Australia’s R&D...

Australia’s encryption laws finally used against terrorism

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s encryption-busting laws have been used against terrorism for the first time, with federal police forcing a tech company to provide technical assistance for an investigation. The first use...

$1bn Defence fund carves out ground from NRF

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A proposed $1 billion federal co-investment fund for dual-use technologies is being shaped to avoid overlap with the National Reconstruction Fund, directing its focus towards early-stage advanced capabilities. More...

An enterprise AI paradox: 3 years to validate, months to scale

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
Kate Abrahams spent three years proving she could access corporate data securely before anyone would pay for her AI-powered reputation prediction tool. Hanno Blankenstein ran 80 enterprise trials before...

Circularity is an economic imperative, not just a green issue

Posted on   |  by Paul Riley
Earth’s natural and very finite resources are the foundation of modern civilisation. Yet, for decades, we’ve followed the linear take-make-waste model, treating them as infinite. Plastics reveal this flaw....

New ‘ride-through’ rules target data centre grid risk

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Data centres would be forced to stay connected to the grid during disturbances under proposed changes aimed at preventing the cascading blackouts that could drive up the cost of...

Atlassian to cut roughly 1,600 jobs in pivot to AI

Posted on   |  by Jaspreet Singh
Atlassian plans to lay off around 10 per cent of its workforce, or 1,600 employees, to push into artificial intelligence and enterprise sales. Shares of the enterprise software company...