Too much attention is given to tech startups in Australia while successful, potentially lucrative science-based companies are often ignored, according to CSIRO chief Larry Marshall. At a senate estimates...
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The Victorian opposition will create a new government role of a chief innovation officer to “drive commercialisation” if it wins next month’s state election. Somewhat strangely, the Victorian Liberal...
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It is clear that 2018 has been a watershed year for cyber security across the public sector. The federal government cyber apparatus been substantially restructured, and the philosophical thinking...
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Balancing the demands of privacy and innovation is not impossible, according to Data Republic co-founder Danny Gilligan, and he is out to prove it. Data Republic has just launched...
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A likely heritage listing could derail the Victorian government plan to help tech giant Apple to establish a “flagship” store at Federation Square. Heritage Victoria late last week confirmed...
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The Australian National University in Canberra is the latest institution to jump on the space sector bandwagon, launching a new Institute of Space to act as a bridge between...
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The Digital Transformation Agency appears less than impressed with blockchain’s current capabilities after it was given $700,000 in budget funding to investigate the technology. After its initial research, the...
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The number of active startups in Australia has declined along with the number of women involved with the sector, a “massively concerning” new report has revealed. Startup Muster, an...
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The first visa has been issued under the government’s new Global Talent Scheme, a quarter of the way into the 12-month pilot program. Queensland-based tech scale-up SafetyCulture recently received...
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Politicians, regulators and industry heavyweights from across south-east Asia converged on Sydney this week to foster digital trade in the region. The Digital Trade Standards Workshop is the culmination...
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The Labor opposition in NSW says that while the Berejiklian government’s digital strategy had gained some good momentum, there was still plenty that could be improved. As the Opposition...
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The University of NSW and Western Sydney University have partnered to build an engineering innovation hub in the heart of Parramatta in Sydney’s west to house a joint undergraduate...
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The industry’s thinking behind the development of the Central to Eveleigh Technology and Innovation Precinct is taking shape ahead on an expected formal unveiling by Premier Gladys Berejiklian next...
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There is an underlying thread in the global media coverage of the cyber security sector that we are all in constant peril, lurching from one crisis to another, always...