Northrop Grumman Corporation and Australian rocket startup Gilmour Space have signed a memorandum of understanding, with the aerospace giant to join a previously-announced and Gilmour-led CRC-P project to build...
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The Victorian budget “sets a new bar” for government support of technology and startups and has been broadly welcomed by leading figures in the sector. Treasurer Tim Pallas unveiled...
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The gig economy is in “crisis” and there is a need for urgent action from the federal government after the deaths of five delivery riders in Australia in the...
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A Bankstown Airport-headquartered startup, AMSL Aero, has officially launched its electric air ambulance, the Vertiia. The vertical takeoff and landing (or VTOL) vehicle — a flying car — is...
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There needs to be a return to Australia’s “reformist zeal” around tech and innovation and a move away from the current hands-off approach, according to shadow innovation minister Clare...
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A new tax in Victoria on the use of electric vehicles is a bad policy that will disincentive use of the technology and put Australia even further behind the...
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The Victorian budget marks a “fundamental shift” in the state government’s support for technology and innovation, with billions of dollars in funding coming in the form of research translation...
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Australia’s national privacy office received only 11 complaints regarding COVIDSafe since it was launched earlier this year, with attention turning away from the contact tracing app which is yet...
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Australian regulators are lagging global rivals on the use of software and artificial intelligence in medical products, leading to commercialisation problems that sends promising companies moving overseas. According to...
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The Victorian government will launch a $25 million venture growth fund in an effort to keep startups in the state, a significant policy shift on tech for the state...
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Businesses and governments need to urgently address bias in their artificial intelligence systems and put in place mitigation strategies or stop using the technology entirely, according to Australian Human...
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Victoria has become the first state in Australia to go to the private market for a COVID-19 vaccination management system as part of a whirlwind four-day tender process, with...
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Australian executives really don’t know what risks they’re facing, and their companies could be taken out by cyber-attackers they underestimate, says the director, cyber security of the Australian Competition...
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The government has launched a new consultation process for its Digital Transformation Strategy refresh, which aims to embrace the accelerated change of the COVID-19 pandemic response to continue and...