Less than a third of technology projects submitted for review by the federal government’s digital investment cop last financial year were closely enough aligned with Cabinet approved policies and...
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Fleet Space Technologies’ equipment will land on the moon in 2026 after the South Australia-based company struck a launch agreement with a Texas-based orbital vehicle operator. The Australian company’s...
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A $10 million venture capital fund for female led startups in New South Wales has been axed by the Minns government. The fund never got off the ground but...
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A new advisory group led by former NSW digital minister Victor Dominello has been established to “put the customer first” in future upgrades to the federal government digital services...
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Australian EV charging station maker Tritium will shut its Brisbane factory in favour of consolidating its manufacturing operations in the United States, as the firm chases profitability in 2024....
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In 1977, Star Wars extensively used directed energy weapons either from spaceships or the iconic lightsabre, later referred to as the “laser sword”. Nearly 50 years on, contemporary circumstances...
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The federal government will conduct a post-incident review of the nationwide Optus outage that left millions of Australians without mobile or broadband connectivity for more than 12 hours on...
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Back in August, just after the announcement of the National Reconstruction Fund Board, Industry and Science minister Ed Husic reminded us that “policy is shaped by the times it...
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A ‘catch-all prohibition’ to prevent emerging dual-use technology from making its way into the hands of foreign militaries is being contemplated as part of the ongoing review of Australia’s...
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The Perrottet government secretly gutted its flagship innovation program within months of announcing it last year, while also slashing the budget of the department that was charged with developing...
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The budget for the Sydney Startup Hub has been slashed by a third, but the accelerator groups it houses — Fishburners, Tank Stream Labs and Stone & Chalk —...
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A company developing a hydrogen fuel cell powered aircraft in western Sydney secured $5.4 million in funding from the federal government’s independent renewable energy agency on Wednesday to accelerate...
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) have become increasingly important in many sectors, including defence, mining and manufacturing. Indeed, Australia is a leader in the use of RAS in mining,...
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The lack of a national Defence strategy is delaying the technology and advanced capability component of the AUKUS arrangement and a potential new pillar covering supply chains, according to...