Author: Justin Hendry

Victorian govt mulls defence tech shift for VC fund

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Breakthrough Victoria could be retooled to help grow local defence industry under changes being considered to better align the government-backed venture capital fund with the state’s economic priorities. As...

Sharath Sriram named WA’s new chief scientist

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Accomplished nanotech researcher and RMIT University commercialisation leader Sharath Sriram has been named Western Australia’s new chief scientist — its first new top science advisor in more than a...

AWS contracts near $300m after federal mega-deal

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Federal government agencies have struck contracts worth almost $300 million with Amazon Web Services following the arrival of the renegotiated whole of government agreement. Amid transparency concerns over the...

Qld merges customer service, digital functions under one roof

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Queensland is making a play to become Australia’s most customer-centric government, announcing plans on Friday to consolidate most day-to-day transactions under the one roof. Just months after creating a...

News Wrap: The stage is set, as shadow ministry lands

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The Liberal and National parties put aside their differences on energy and competition policy this week to rekindle a union that has existed, in one form or another, for...