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Research advocate Gabrielle Upton to quit NSW state politics

Eastern Sydney Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton will quit state politics at the next election. Ms Upton led the taskforce responsible for government’s current focus on research and development in...

Reboot the Regional Communications Fund: ACCAN

The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network wants the new federal government to re-establish the regions-focused Communications Fund, in part to respond to estimates that there around 900,000 households without...

Big Blue: ServicesAus $50m private cloud server upgrade

Services Australia will spend $50 million to upgrade its five-year-old private cloud server fleet to IBM Power midrange hardware for use across the agency. The upgrade comes through a...

BioTech incubator lands $3m in CSIRO support

Australia’s national science agency has committed $3 million to support Melbourne-based BioTech incubator CUREator and to launch a new health security stream through the program. CUREator’s new health security...

Scammers drained $2 billion from Australians last year

Last year, Australians lost more than $2 billion to scams according to the consumer and competition watchdog’s 12th annual Targeting scams report, with the threat of cryptocurrency investment scams...

Army beefs up training rations for SAP roll-out

The Department of Defence is ramping up investment in training army personnel in SAP software over the next 18 months, as hundreds of its business processes are consolidated on...

WA innovation seed fund commits more than expected

The Western Australian government has announced 17 projects, ranging between MedTech, digital health, and BioTech, that will share $8 million in funding through the state’s Innovation Seed Fund for...

TikTok back in the Parliament’s firing line

TikTok’s data security is back under scrutiny in Australia after global executives confirmed Chinese employees had access to information on US users. Both the government and the Opposition are...

Industry policy must change to match net zero ambition: Grattan

Australia’s industrial policy must be overhauled to limit emissions and take full advantage of the decarbonising global economy, according to the Grattan Institute, which warns the current approach lacks...

Aussie AgTech champion given international honour

The chief scientist of the Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre and former University of New England Distinguished Professor has made history as the first Australian to receive a prestigious...

Digital passenger card shelved after scathing reviews

The Digital Passenger Declaration has been shelved, with new Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil acknowledging it “needs a lot more work” even after more than $60 million has been...

Bunbury is WA’s fourth New Industries innovation hub

The Western Australian government has launched its fourth innovation hub, this one focused on creative technology which includes gaming, experiential and immersive technology, software, product design, advertising, film and...