Advice and admin costs will swallow more than 25 per cent of the Industry Growth Program’s $392 million budget, leaving $105 million less in funding for early-stage commercialisation grants....
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A South Australian parliamentary inquiry has backed calls to develop sovereign artificial intelligence capability to ensure the state can reap the economic benefits of the emerging technology and mitigate...
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Industry and Science minister Ed Husic has declined to comment on reports of a ‘secret’ process designed to accelerate Australia’s acquisition of a quantum computer, saying instead that he...
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The Australian Research Council’s operating model, culture and organisational capability did not support its core purpose of administering around $800 million in competitive grants each year, according to an outside...
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CSIRO’s Data61 has commissioned research projects from five universities into the use of emerging technologies to improve health and safety outcomes at potentially dangerous worksites. Prototype projects will be...
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The Manhattan Project has been in the spotlight through the movie Oppenheimer. It was a mission-driven race that sought strategic competitive advantage. This was a project on a massive...
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Safe harbour laws that temporarily shield companies from liability during a cyber-attack will be pursed by the federal government in a bid to improve information sharing with Australia’s cyber...
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Australia’s cyber coordinator has been recalled to Defence to deal with a workplace matter, with Home Affairs’ critical infrastructure lead brought in to cover the position while the government...
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Australia’s chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley is driving reform of the performance metrics for researchers and research institutions with the release of a new report that outlines existing barriers...
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More direction is needed from Defence departments on the way forward with the advanced technologies component of AUKUS, according to a handful of Australian and American firms working in...
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The Australian Computer Society expects the economy will require at least 100,000 more tech workers than is currently targeted by the federal government by 2030 to capitalise on nine...
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One of Australia’s most esteemed scientists says he would be jailed for continuing his current research on semiconductors and nanotechnology under the government’s planned changes to defence trade controls....
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Earlier this year, I launched a white paper, Micro-Partnerships in the Age of AUKUS, at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Maryland in the United States as part of the Team...
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Melbourne-based C2 Robotics has successfully demonstrated the capabilities of its Speartooth Large Uncrewed Underwater Vessel at a two-week Department of Defence demonstration exercise, which featured participation from Australian and...