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Defence tips $6m more into C2 Robotics subsea drone

Melbourne-based autonomous subsea drone developer C2 Robotics has landed a further $6 million contract from Defence to take its Speartooth vessel into rigorous real-world testing and progress tooling work...

$40m to secure Australia’s rare earths supply chain

A $40 million grants program designed to build resilience into the local critical minerals supply chain and reduce Australia’s reliance on China has been launched by the Albanese government....

Closing the loop in public sector digital engagement

The success of Gabriele Masili’s team in growing a US veteran health portal from 30,000 to 1 million users poses a stark question for public servants: Are we genuinely...

‘Stagnant’ R&D system needs urgent review, roadmap

The Albanese government is being urged to conduct a wholesale review of the country’s “overly bureaucratised and inefficient” R&D system and create a 10-year roadmap focused on arresting falling...

Pocock urges tech firms to engage on sovereign capability

Independent senator David Pocock has appealed to local tech companies to have their say on government procurement policy by making a submission to a Senate committee looking at developing...

Qld govt backs five accelerators in innovation push

Five government backed accelerators will run in Queensland to get almost 170 startups in areas like health, agriculture and climate to an investment ready stage as the Miles government...

Services Australia puts Medicare tech upgrade back on track

Technical staffing constraints that led the latest tranche of the federal government’s Medicare payments system upgrade to report a ‘red’ status all of last year are on track to...

Govt mulls additional support for sovereign AI

Industry and Science minister Ed Husic says the federal government remains open to providing additional support for the development of sovereign AI capabilities, but that overseas examples suggest much...

Qld beefs up startup fund, reveals VC deals

The Queensland government has responded to overwhelming demand for its inaugural venture capital fund by adding another $55 million. The top up to the now $130 million fund comes...

The pathway to innovation needs a rethink

It is a well-known fact that productivity growth has slowed in recent decades despite the continual increase in R&D as a share of GDP. Much ink has been spent...

Dean Capobianco and our digital National Address File

The geocoded national address file – known as the G-NAF – is little-known in the mainstream community but nonetheless a critical national data asset that enables services ranging from...

Experts tapped to develop Australia’s AI rules

Options and thresholds for regulating artificial intelligence in Australia will be developed over the next five months by renowned artificial intelligence expert Toby Walsh, the CSIRO’s chief scientist Bronwyn...