Controversial space launch permit fees will be scrapped by the federal government after being deferred for two years in a major win for the growing local sector. Science minister...
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Australia can boost its innovation ecosystem by further collaborating with Israel and learning from that country’s successes, according to former ambassador to the nation and government MP Dave Sharma....
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The carving out of companies holding or processing government data from the federal government’s critical infrastructure scheme is a “serious omission” that represents a “significant and dangerous” reduction in...
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In its pre-budget submission, the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has outlined 24 policy recommendations for the federal government to secure its target of making Australia a leading digital...
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A pair of former Hostplus investment specialists have been appointed to run the Victorian government’s $120 million “fund of funds”, which will provide capital to early-stage startups in the...
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A review has been launched into the Big Tech media bargaining code, before the federal government has formally activated it. The News Media Bargaining Code came into effect in...
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As the ground broke on the world’s largest electrolyser production facility, Fortescue Future Industries chairman Andrew Forrest announced Tattarang’s $3 billion acquisition of the largest renewables farm in the...
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The national batteries industry could generate more than $7 billion annually by 2030 if the government adopts a number of initiatives to back the growing sector, according to the...
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A government-led Senate committee has called for restrictions, including mandatory regulation, on the marketing of plant-based meat products, due to the “appropriation” of meat terms and animal imagery by...
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Australia’s competition watchdog will push for a broad range of significant antitrust reforms aimed at curbing the market dominance of global Big Tech giants such as Google and Facebook....
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Funding for Australia’s ‘AI Action Plan’ remains locked up in the Industry department nearly a year after it was announced, with a key business group pressing the government to...
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The Law Council of Australia has warned that proposed changes to allow the nation’s international and domestic intelligence agencies to more easily gather covert intelligence on people in Australia...
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Australia was promised a new research focus for PhDs on the needs of industry. In this article, Dr John Howard forensically examines the national innovation and research system and...
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Technology is no longer the new frontier; it’s not an ungoverned or unregulated place. As COVID has demonstrated, digital technologies are now core to our economy and society, and...