Adelaide-based startup Fleet Space Technologies is set to launch Australia’s first commercial nanosatellites this year as the local sector continues to rapidly grow. The company has secured two contracts to...
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A study has revealed that millennials are less entrepreneurial than other generations even though some the most successful people are part of that generation – think Mark Zuckerberg of...
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‘C’ is for collaboration and commercialisation: two things Australia is miserably failing in, even though our science and research is top notch, according to the OECD. So, where are...
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The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal proceedings against food delivery giant Foodora in what will be a major test case for the under-fire gig economy in Australia. The...
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While the states are gearing up for the competition to host the newly-established space agency, support for the emerging space sector has provided a rare moment of bi-partisan policy...
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Quantum computing is occupying the minds of many crack research teams both here and around the globe, but after a long and over-hyped gestation the technology is intriguing and...
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Queensland Treasurer Jackie Trad’s first state budget since she was shuffled into the role at the end of last year has revealed the state government is rolling around in...
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Innovation and Science Australia’s 2030 Report recently proposed a ‘National Mission’ on focused on genomic research that had the ultimate aim to making Australia the “healthiest country on earth”....
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Entrepreneurs and scientists share optimism as a common and defining trait and so it is quite likely that Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel – who has also been a...
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The FinTech industry body has criticised the government and consumer groups over delays to new comprehensive credit reporting laws, with the legislation now remaining in the lower house for...
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The most effective way to stimulate innovation investment is through corporate tax cuts according to Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive, James Pearson. “We need to be...
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Kriti Sharma is not a man and she is not white. She’s experienced artificial intelligence bias as a result and is campaigning to stamp it out. “Facial recognition systems...
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The Health department says data from the federal MyHealth Record service could be made available for commercial medical research purposes, even while it revealed details of a $100 million media...
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Australia’s national privacy office has ruled that individuals should “reasonably expect” the government will release sensitive personal data publicly to refute its critics, sparking concerns of a “chilling effect”...