An eclectic group of more than 75 innovation leaders from across academia, business, startups and venture capital will meet at New South Wales Parliament House on Friday for an...
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Sandy Plunkett’s excellent article in Monday’s edition of InnovationAus.com, ‘Money for nothing: Australia’s dismal R&D performance‘, provided much food for thought as to what the federal government might focus...
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Australia’s communications regulator is developing a new set of metrics to boost visibility of the actions social media giants like Meta and TikTok are taking to combat harmful misinformation...
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The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility’s investment mandate has been updated to tie it more closely to the government’s critical minerals strategy, emissions reduction targets, and ambition to become a...
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Growing cost pressures and falling prices are putting the $1.8 billion Australian nickel industry at risk, threatening long-term processing and manufacturing opportunities in the battery value chain, according to...
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The CSIRO has sold the employment company it set up for its Main Sequence Ventures Fund to members of the investment team so they can pay “market” rates for...
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Australian scientists specialising in nuclear physics, health and epidemiology have been appointed to the federal government’s science and technology advisory council, which went without a full compliment of members...
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The federal government should set up a Bureau of Indigenous Data within two years and legislate it by 2028 to improve the quality of data collected about First Nations...
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New South Wales has begun a six-month trial of a blended generative artificial intelligence app in the state’s public schools, giving students and teachers access to multiple large language...
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The private equity firm behind PwC spin-off Scyne Advisory have conceded there are “inherent conflicts” of interest in consultancies working across the public and private sector, as it moved...
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A ‘right to disconnect’ allowing workers to ignore unreasonable contact from their employers outside working hours will be included in the latest tranche of industrial relations reforms following months...
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The Tech Policy Design Centre has been made a permanent fixture at the Australian National University and will be supported by a new advisory group featuring current and former Australian...
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The first major test of the acquisition powers of the Defence department’s new Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) will pass a major milestone next month with a competitive “fly-off”...
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Australian defence scientists have carried out a series of trial electronic attacks against robotic vehicles operated by the United States and the United Kingdom as part of the latest...