Farm sensor manufacturer Goanna Ag and IoT nanosatellite operator Myriota have combined to launch two innovative products to help farmers manage water resources, Go Rain and GoTank. GoRain allows...
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Australia is at a widely analysed strategic crossroads. To accelerate the growth of a secure, resilient and technologically sophisticated economy, we must develop and extend our capability in critical...
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Australia has the potential to become a leading location in the region for space launch services, but the federal government’s plan to charge companies to apply for permits puts...
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Former Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering executive director Ashley Brinson has resurfaced as the founder and chief executive of a new GreenTech startup that is building automation systems for...
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Tech incubator Stone and Chalk has acquired the Commonwealth-led cybersecurity Industry Growth Centre known as AustCyber in a boost for both organisations. Under arrangements unveiled on Monday, AustCyber becomes...
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Startup and SME-focused procurement reform and a plan to plug R&D linkages directly into precincts like TechCentral in Sydney are at the core of NSW government’s industrial policy zeal. There is an...
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Australia’s home-grown global software giant Atlassian has beefed up its public policy focus with a fresh set of eyes hired out of Microsoft to oversee engagement with governments, both...
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An autonomous electric vehicle platform developed in the Bayswater North industrial area of Melbourne has surfaced with the release of new pictures and video. After a $7.7 million, four-year...
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At least 30 per cent of the NSW government’s tech procurement spend will go to small to medium-sized entities (SMEs) as part of a new policy aimed at ensuring...
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A mandatory comprehensive credit reporting will be in place in Australia from July after legislation underpinning the scheme finally passed Parliament, more than three years after it was first...
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Thursday February 4 is the 22nd World Cancer Day. This is particularly significant in the current climate, given the significant challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic for cancer professionals,...
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The upcoming federal budget is an opportunity to relaunch and reform the research and development tax incentive to “restore its profile as the keystone for supporting R&D and innovation”,...
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Federal Labor’s sharpest tech sector advocate Ed Husic has been handed the shadow Industry and Innovation portfolio as part of a sweeping reshuffle of the opposition frontbench unveiled by...
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WiseTech Global has laid out potential reforms to the research and development tax incentive to fix the scheme for software development, with the Australian tech giant labelling the current...