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Space Agency board empty after 12 months

The Australian Space Agency remains without an advisory board more than 12 months after it was emptied as part of a far-reaching review of the agency’s governance arrangements. The...

Gig Guide: Stephen Jones appointed Australia’s OECD ambassador

Former Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has been appointed as Australia’s next Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Treasurer...

Digital health accelerator ANDHealth+ secures $33m boost

Australia’s flagship digital health accelerator program ANDHealth+ has secured $33 million in fresh funding from the federal government to expand its support for high-growth digital and connected health startups,...

EU unveils AI code of practice for companies

The European Commission on Thursday unveiled a draft code of practice aimed at helping firms comply with the European Union’s artificial intelligence rules and focused on copyright-protected content safeguards...

News Wrap: The Horizon Europe giant looms into view

The Australian Academy of Science’s Shine Dome in Canberra was the venue for a detailed and surprisingly upbeat briefing on the Horizon Europe research funding program this week. It...

NSW auditor delays release of leaked cybersecurity report

A damning audit exposing cybersecurity failings at four of New South Wales’ six local health districts will be kept under wraps until December after the draft report was leaked...

Work begins on IoT labelling scheme to boost awareness

Work has begun on a voluntary labelling scheme designed to help consumers better understand the cybersecurity risks associated with smart devices and push manufacturers towards adopting more secure-by-design practices....

Future Fellowships: $114m in research grants roll out

One hundred mid-career researchers have received $114.6 million in federal grants through the latest round of the Future Fellowships program, with Victoria and New South Wales receiving the lion’s...

RBA takes another step towards digital currency

Australia’s central bank is taking another major step toward a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) with a range of industry partners pursuing projects using real money and assets...

OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome

OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet’s market-dominating Google Chrome, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The browser is slated to...

Introducing the 2025 InnovationAus Awards Patrons

What a pleasure it is to announce that Australian business legend Catherine Livingstone and Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro have kindly agreed to act as Patrons for the...

Home Affairs opens up APIs to communicate with industry

Australian businesses conducting trade overseas will now be able to communicate with the government legacy systems using APIs, as the effort to streamline regulatory systems gets off the ground....