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Advice, admin for Industry Growth Program to swallow $105m

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....

Inquiry urges SA govt to build sovereign AI capability

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...

Ed Husic all quiet on the quantum EoI front

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...

$18m for emerging tech research at unis, Data61

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...

Fostering mission-driven industry excellence

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...

Govt pursuing cyber safe harbour to spur data sharing

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...

National cyber coordinator’s snap recall to Defence

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...

‘Publish or perish’ research culture hurting innovation

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...

Aussie firms await path forward on AUKUS Pillar II

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...

Australia will now need 1.3m tech workers by 2030: ACS

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...

Defence export reforms would ‘see me jailed’, scientist warns

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....

SME micro-partnerships can underpin AUKUS success

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...

C2 Robotics proves undersea drone at Defence exercise

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...