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NSW must keep searching for ‘ubiquitous connectivity’

The Minns government is being urged to carry on the state’s pursuit of “ubiquitous connectivity” by partnering with industry and innovators to overcome the digital divide with a...

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Defence awards last $3.5m in grants before program reform

Eight local companies will share in defence industry grants worth $3.47 million, the last to be awarded before Defence introduces a new grants regime in June. Funded projects...

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Accenture making the case for Australia’s skills passport

The business case for a national skills “passport” is being developed by tech services giant Accenture, as the Albanese government warms to a concept proposed decades ago to inject...

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CSIRO teams with UTS on AI safety standard

The country’s national science agency is moving fast to develop best practice guidance for businesses developing and deploying artificial intelligence, teaming with UTS’s Human...

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Plan unveiled to guide $1.5bn for medicine making

Precision manufacturing of medical devices, digital health solutions and innovative therapeutics will be backed with up to $1.5 billion in public funding under the first guidance for a...

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‘Not fit for purpose’: FinTech sandbox needs urgent review

The federal government’s financial regulatory sandbox is “underutilised and not fit for purpose”, warranting an urgent review of the regime that has been in place for less than...

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Close takes command of SA skills in Cabinet reshuffle

South Australian deputy premier Susan Close has relinquished control of the Defence and Space Industries portfolio to the Treasurer in a Malinauskas Cabinet reshuffle prompted by...

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Government-led coinvestment funds move ahead

Government-backed investment funds have emerged as a key component of increasingly interventionist industrial policy strategies across the developed world. The is certainly the case in...