Author: Justin Hendry

Cheap and cheerful ways to make the RDTI sing

Posted on   |  by Kris Gale
Sandy Plunkett’s excellent article in Monday’s edition of InnovationAus.com, ‘Money for nothing: Australia’s dismal R&D performance‘, provided much food for thought as to what the federal government might focus...

ACMA flags new misinformation metrics for Big Tech

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s communications regulator is developing a new set of metrics to boost visibility of the actions social media giants like Meta and TikTok are taking to combat harmful misinformation...

National science council fills vacancies with three new members

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australian scientists specialising in nuclear physics, health and epidemiology have been appointed to the federal government’s science and technology advisory council, which went without a full compliment of members...

Profanity-free AI trial begins in NSW schools

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New South Wales has begun a six-month trial of a blended generative artificial intelligence app in the state’s public schools, giving students and teachers access to multiple large language...

Defence scientists red team robotic vehicles in AUKUS trial

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australian defence scientists have carried out a series of trial electronic attacks against robotic vehicles operated by the United States and the United Kingdom as part of the latest...

Q-CTRL lands UK funding to solve transport bottlenecks

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australian quantum startup Q-CTRL has won close to $2 million in funding from the UK government to help its public transport agencies optimise routes and timetables using quantum algorithms,...

Medicare payments system upgrade on the rocks

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A long-running upgrade of the legacy payments systems underpinning Medicare has spent the last year on life support, with the latest phase of the critical overhaul stamped a project...

Consultants, tech firms make $1.4m in political donations

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A handful of tech firms and the big four consultancies together donated almost $1.4 million to Australia’s major political parties last year, according to newly released figures which have reignited...

Pushback over data localisation for digital ID scheme

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Digital ID is shaping up as the next data localisation battleground, with the Tech Council of Australia arguing proposed rules requiring onshore hosting for the scheme will do nothing...