Author: Justin Hendry

Australian-made undersea Defence drone nears production

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A low-cost unmanned underwater drone being developed by a Melbourne startup will progress to the next stage of prototyping after receiving a multi-million-dollar funding injection from the Defence department....

Salesforce bags another $4m for its $124m NDIS platform

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Salesforce has been handed another $4 million for the customer relationship management system that will serve the National Disability Insurance Scheme from late October, bringing the cost of its...

DUG digs deep to solve supercomputing disruptions

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Perth-based company DUG was on the hunt for a way to make its supercomputers more environmentally-friendly and efficient. The company had designed and operated a network of some of...

VR stroke training rolled out in regional NSW hospitals

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A virtual reality training program will be rolled out across dozens of hospitals in New South Wales to provide hands-on experience to emergency department nurses responding to people presenting...

SMEs locked out of govt marketplace for six more months

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Startups and smaller tech firms wanting to break into the federal government market will have to wait another six months to do so after the Digital Transformation Agency pushed...

Gig Guide: Innovation leader Woodthorpe to chair Cicada

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Science and innovation leader Dr Katherine Woodthorpe has been appointed as the new chair of deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations. Dr Woodthorpe replaces outgoing chair Andrew Rothery, who has...

NSW government slows its roll on digital ID

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A pilot program to test New South Wales’ forthcoming decentralised digital identity system is at a standstill, with no new trials of the NSW Digital ID taking place since...

Search begins for inaugural NRF chief executive

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The Albanese government has begun its search for an inaugural chief executive to take charge of the new entity overseeing its landmark $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund. Executive search...