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Superbugs loom in antimicrobial innovation gap

Australia’s MedTech and Pharmaceutical industry growth centre MTPConnect is warning antimicrobial resistant ‘superbugs’ could cause 10,000 deaths annually by 2050 if immediate action to correct a research and development...

NSW Digital Restart Fund ‘fractured’ service design

The NSW Digital Restart Fund has led to “fractured thinking” in service design that is opening the possibility of more Robodebt style disasters in public administration, the state’s information...

CSIRO launches $19m Aus-India circular economy accelerator

The CSIRO on Tuesday revealed details on its new accelerator program for late-stage startups and small to medium-sized enterprises with innovative circular economy technologies. The national science agency is running...

Biomedical research translation: A look at bioconjugation

One of the emerging areas in biologics translation over the past decade is in bioconjugation – a chemical technique used to stabily couple two molecules together, one of which...

Science and Technology Aust CEO Misha Schubert steps down

High profile Science and Technology Australia (STA) chief executive Misha Schubert has resigned from the STEM sector professional association to take up another CEO role elsewhere from February next year....

Salesforce met with Robert ahead of $100m NDIA tender

Salesforce held multiple meetings with former Government Services and NDIS minister Stuart Robert and Synergy 360, the controversial consulting firm linked to him in the lead up to a...

Salesforce is charging govt for licences no one uses

Salesforce is charging Australia’s disability insurance agency for user licences that the agency does not use, under contract costs that have quadrupled to more than $100 million and has...

Online regulator pushes for proactive cloud, message scanning

The Office of the eSafety Commissioner has unveiled plans to enforce proactive scanning of online messaging, cloud storage, and other internet-based services for child sexual abuse material and pro-terror...

Merger reform to restrict growth of big tech power

Big tech merger proposals that “entrench, materially increase, or materially extend a firm’s position to substantial market power” could soon be grounds for rejection, as the federal government releases options for...

Australia’s path to disrupting global BioTech and MedTech

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has ranked Australia 23rd in its list of innovative countries, but also shows that despite our secure and stable political environment...

IBM lands another $44m for Defence ERP rollout

The cost of Defence’s mammoth upgrade of backend systems is nudging $600 million, after lead systems integrator IBM landed another lucrative contract for platform services last month. Big Blue...