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Federal digital proposals are failing at the Cabinet hurdle

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...

SA’s Fleet Space heading to the moon in 2026

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...

NSW govt scraps its female founder VC fund

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...

Dominello to lead myGov advisory group

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...

Tritium shuts Brisbane factory for US manufacturing pivot

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....

Directed energy weapons are no longer science fiction

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...

Govt launches review of catastrophic Optus outage

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...

Beyond the NRF: The nation’s search for industry policy

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...

ARENA awards its first hydrogen aircraft grant

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...

Opposition push for AUKUS ‘Pillar III’

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...