Federal Labor will offer businesses an R&D tax offset premium for collaborating with universities and science-based agencies like the CSIRO to bring new knowledge and innovations to market. The...
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The Coalition will hand Australia’s manufacturing sector a $50 million boost as part of the newly created Manufacturing Modernisation Fund. Under the fund, which would be matched by $110...
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The Greens will focus on improving the digital rights of Australians and rolling back the “heinous” legislation recently passed in the next Parliament, according to the party’s tech spokesperson....
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The government’s further crackdown on social media companies and their users is another “knee-jerk reaction” that will not address the actual problems in the space, according to the Greens...
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Alastair MacGibbon has resigned from his role as the head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and National Cyber Security Adviser. Australian Signals Directorate director-general Mike Burgess confirmed...
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Establishing a $100 million skills fund to address the needs of the fourth industry revolution is one of 17 policy ideas the Australian Computer Society (ACS) has put forward...
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It’s difficult to get beyond the headlines about the race between the United States and China to set 5G standards, and competition over the future global market for emerging...
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Labor’s R&D target of three per cent of GDP in the coming decade requires science to be “back at the centre of government,” says shadow industry minister Kim Carr, together...
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South Australian AI-based medical imaging startup Presagen has completed a $4.5 million funding raise, enabling the company to take its technology designed to help identify healthy embryos for in-vitro...
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Federal Labor is putting new money behind blockchain as an important strategic technology, earmarking $3 million to establish a Blockchain Academy in Perth, designed to build the skills for...
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The tax office is set to unleash its data-matching capabilities to crackdown on cryptocurrency traders avoiding tax. The Australian Taxation Office revealed on Tuesday that it will be requiring...
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A re-elected Coalition government has unveiled a $156 million package to bolster Australia’s cyber security defences and improve the nation’s ability to quickly respond to online attacks. The Prime...
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Labor will move to further exempt startups from planned cuts to the research and development tax incentive if it wins the upcoming federal election. In the first concrete confirmation...
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Former Innovation and Science Australia board member and tech industry veteran Daniel Petre has offered a withering assessment of the federal government’s strategic innovation planning and its commitment to...